Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in essen, essen area, Germany on Wed 19th January 2022

19th January 2022

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A dud was defused in Essen on Wednesday, which is why the A40 motorway was closed in the evening. To chronicle the events. Bomb disposal in Essen : An American five-hundredweight bomb was found on Wednesday (January 19) during construction work in Sachsenstrasse (near house number 27). The dud was successfully defused in the evening, reports fire department spokesman Christoph Risse. Due to the location of the discovery site, there were traffic jams in Essen. During the defusing, the A40 motorway had to be closed in addition to the B224 . The Deutsche Bahn experienced impairments just like the Ruhrbahn.

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