Agency Report –
Dresden, Germany – Workers trying to dismantle the partially collapsed Carola bridge in the eastern German city of Dresden have found an unexploded World War II bomb, police said on Wednesday.
Everyone living or working in a 1-kilometre radius around the site where the bomb was discovered has been asked to evacuate by 9 am (0800 GMT) Thursday, before the 250-kilogram British aerial bomb will be defused, police said.
It is not uncommon for unexploded World War II ordnance to be discovered during construction work in Germany. Dresden, located some 190 kilometres south of Berlin, was bombed heavily by the Allies during the war.
The bomb was brought to the surface by an excavator from under the bridge in the Elbe river on Wednesday morning, the police spokesman said. It is now sitting on stones next to the machine, according to an image published by police.
Demolition work has been going on at the Carola Bridge for months after a section of the bridge unexpectedly collapsed into the Elbe in September.
The entire bridge has to be demolished.
By Jasmin Beisiegel and Birgit Zimmermann
