Bomb found in Cologne-Meschenich: Defusing this evening!
An aircraft bomb from the Second World War was found in Cologne-Meschenich on Tuesday evening. The dud has to be defused tonight.
Cologne – In the Cologne district of Meschenich is on Tuesday world war bomb become, which must be found the same evening. No residents are affected by the evacuation.
An aircraft bomb from the Second World War was found in Cologne-Meschenich on Tuesday evening. The dud has to be defused tonight. © City of Cologne
As a spokesman for the city of Cologne announced in the evening, the dud was discovered in the evening in the western area of the gravel pits in Cologne-Meschenich. Accordingly, it is a five-hundredweight bomb with head and tail impact detonator.
The British aerial bomb has to be defused in the course of the evening, for which purpose the danger area is cordoned off.
The ordnance disposal service (KBD) and the city’s regulatory office are already on site, it said.
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Bomb in Cologne-Bayenthal defused: residents can return to their apartments
The provisional danger area was defined by the KBD with a radius of 300 meters.
Residents are not affected because the dud is in an uninhabited area, but cyclists and walkers should leave the danger area immediately.
The five hundredweight bomb was successfully defused on the same evening as it was discovered.
Experts from the KBD of the Düsseldorf district government took care of the dud shortly after arriving at the site.
Nine forces from the security service of the city of Cologne were on duty and ensured, among other things, that neither pedestrians nor cyclists were in the evacuation area.
According to the city, the clearance to defuse the bomb was given after a short time.
The airspace over the area will now be closed, it said.
“Because of the deactivation, Zaunhofstrasse will be closed to traffic. The area should be bypassed on a large scale,” it said.