A dud was discovered during soundings in Dortmund. However, the world war bomb cannot simply be defused. The experts want to blow it up in the afternoon.
Dortmund – A 250 kilogram dud from the Second World War has to be blown up in a controlled manner in Dortmund city center this Sunday.
The detonator of the world war bomb, which was discovered during probing at an intersection of the inner city ring, was damaged, said a city spokesman on Sunday afternoon. That is why the ordnance disposal service decided on controlled demolition. “Now sand is being brought in,” he explained. The detonation of the World War Bomb could probably take place after the preparations from 3 p.m. The existing safety radius is large enough for the demolition and does not need to be expanded.
The dud was discovered on Sunday when suspect sites were being separated. The city had already planned an evacuation as a precaution, which began around 8 a.m. Around 7200 people from almost 4600 households are affected. A retirement home and a correctional facility also had to be evacuated. “Everything went smoothly,” said the city spokesman at noon to the evacuation of the residents. Residents of the houses were brought out of the danger area with 51 patient transports. This does not include the trips to evacuate the affected senior citizens’ home. “So far, we are satisfied with the evacuation,” he said.
According to the prison management, more than 200 inmates from the prison had been distributed to other prisons in Bochum, Essen, Cologne and Bielefeld in the past few days. The last 87 inmates were then to be transferred to other correctional facilities on Sunday morning. As JVA manager Ralf Bothge told the “Bild” newspaper, the transports went smoothly. Hardly anyone noticed that in public. dpa
