World War Bomb blown up in Bremen

A 250 kilogram bomb from World War II was blown up in Bremen on Wednesday.

That is what the police said.

According to the police, the dud was found during exploratory work near the Neustadt freight yard.

A defuse was out of the question.

Even if 100 tons of sand and 40 tons of water dampened the force of the controlled demolition, the bang could be heard far beyond the Hanseatic city.

Bremen - “The radio house shook”, wrote the regional magazine “bunt un binnen” from Radio Bremen on Twitter.

Before the demolition master of the Bremen police was deployed, an area within 500 meters of the site had to be completely evacuated.

This affected about 2500 people.

Because not everyone followed the orders, there were delays.

The closure also hit a sensitive traffic junction.

The rail traffic between Bremen and Oldenburg, the federal highway 75 to Oldenburg and the highway 281 were closed.

This caused traffic jams in the entire inner city of Bremen.

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No people were allowed on the streets within 500 to 1000 meters of the bomb.

In buildings, they should stay in the rooms facing away from the blasting site and open the windows.

After the blast, the police released the blocked streets one after the other.

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