Part Of Dresden, Germany, Evacuated When World War II-Era British Bomb Is Discovered

German citizens were evacuated from a sector of the unassuming city of Dresden when a bomb dating back to World War II was discovered during construction work this week.

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Approximately 8,700 individuals, both private citizens and employees of local business, had their day disrupted when authorities evacuated the quarantined area, with the final group of people evacuated around 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday. Over 700 police officers are on the scene to help.

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Situated near a train station, defusing this bomb is a complicated process and experts were unsure of how long the process would take. The explosive is British in origin and weighs around 550 pounds.

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Police spokesperson Thomas Geithner discussed the nature of their plan with the wesite mdr.de. Their strategy to safely disarm the explosive involves affixing a device to the detonator and then remotely detaching it from the bomb. Given the explosive’s current state, it unfortunately cannot be safely defused through normal means.

According to Geithner, there’s a 50 percent chance the bomb will go off during this process, but they plan to mitigate the potential damage by encasing the area with water tanks and sizable rocks. A wall is also being constructed to protect the surrounding area.