Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Essen, Riedinger Str. area, Germany on Thu 23rd February 2023

Bomb in Essen: Defusing in the northern quarter was successful A dud was found in Essen's northern district on Thursday. It was successfully defused in the evening. To chronicle the events. A British ten hundredweight bomb from the Second World War was found on Thursday (February 23) in Essen's northern district . The dud was successfully defused late in the evening. Location: area Riedinger Str. 5 in the north quarter | Type of dud: British ten hundredweight bomb (impact fuse) Inner evacuation circle: 500 meters around the bomb site | Outer circle: Within a radius of 500 meters to 1000 meters you should stay in parts of the building facing away from the bomb during defusing. 1,000 residents were affected by the evacuation in the inner circle Ð 9,100 are reported in the outer circle. | A support center was set up in the Friedrich-Lange-Sporthalle. Due to the measures in the evening, main roads such as Gladbecker Strasse and thus B224, Bottroper Strasse and Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard had to be closed .