Bomb (Air Delivered)

Bomb (Air Delivered) event in Cologne, Neuehrenfeld area, Germany on Fri 10th December 2021

10th December 2021

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A World War II bomb was found in Neuehrenfeld on Friday. There were delays in defusing the defusing because people entered the danger area without permission. Duds from the Second World War appear inColognealmost every week . A bomb was found at the Shell gas station in Godorf just last week . On Friday (December 10th) construction workers found another bomb in Neuehrenfeld on the right bank of the Rhine. The specimen was an American five-hundredweight bomb with two impact fuses. As the city of Cologne announced, the bomb was discovered in the Methweg area. The danger area was a radius of 300 meters. The ordnance disposal service (KBD) and the public order office were on site to prepare for the defuse, which had to take place on Friday.

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Cologne ( Neuehrenfeld area )

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