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On Monday night, in the German city of Düsseldorf after a World War II-era bomb was found. The people of the German city of Düsseldorf were asked to evacuate their homes temporarily after the World War II-era bomb was found, said firefighters on August 7 night. At least 13,000 people have been residing in the city. The bomb manufactured in the US reportedly weighs 500 kilograms. As soon as the city authorities were aware of the situation, the necessary actions were executed by them.     #Düsseldorf #Germany #DüsseldorfEvacuation                  ~HT.99~PR.151~ED.103~

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00:00 On Monday night, in the German city of Dusseldorf, a World War II-era bomb was found.

00:11 The people of the German city of Dusseldorf were asked to evacuate their homes temporarily

00:15 after the World War II-era bomb was found, firefighters said on August 7.

00:21 At least 13,000 people have been residing in the city.

00:25 The bomb, manufactured in the US, reportedly weighs 500 kilograms.

00:29 As soon as the city authorities were aware of the situation, the necessary actions were

00:33 executed by them.

00:35 According to the firefighters, they were expected to defuse the bomb overnight.

00:39 Police cordoned off the area up to a 500-metre radius from where the bomb was recovered.

00:45 Meanwhile, local schools opened their doors for the residents.

00:50 Following the incident, operations of several trains and local buses were halted.

00:54 This was not the first time unexploded bombs were found in Germany.

00:58 Long-distance trains were disrupted by the discovery of bomb, while several local bus

01:02 and tram lines were halted this time.

01:04 Even 78 years after World War II ended, the ground in many German cities is riddled with

01:09 unexploded bombs that are constantly discovered at construction projects and other excavations.

01:14 According to German news outlets, over 13,000 people were forced to evacuate in Frankfurt

01:19 after a similar-sized British bomb was dug up in 2020.

01:23 In December 2021, a World War II-era bomb exploded at a construction site in Munich,

01:29 in which four people were injured.

01:31 According to media reports, some explosions even took place at the time of defusing them.

01:36 In June 2010, while defusing the World War era bomb, three demolition workers died and

01:41 two people were seriously injured, while a man was killed at a highway construction site

01:45 in Aschaffenburg in 2006.

01:49 A bomb exploded at a construction site in Berlin in 1994, killing three construction

01:53 workers.

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