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To protect the population, the city has set up several ocean-going containers filled with water in three places
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In Münster, the evacuation of the Mauritz district began on Sunday morning.
Around 16,000 residents are affected.
They had to vacate their apartments by 8 a.m. at the latest before the ordnance disposal service began its work in the late morning.
"It is one of the largest evacuation measures in German history," said Mayor of Münster, Markus Lewe.
The demolition masters are to examine a total of five potential duds from the Second World War in three places and then defuse them: on Warendorfer Strasse, on the grounds of the Anne Frank School and at the Mauritz School.
To protect the population, the city has set up several ocean-going containers filled with water in three places.
They are designed to provide protection from pressure waves in the event the bombs detonate.
Several emergency shelters have been set up.
According to Antenne Münster, some residents refused to leave their apartments.
The police intervened here.
A total of around 1000 emergency services were out and about on Sunday in Mauritz, including from aid organizations, technical aid organizations and the municipal utilities.
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