About 20,000 people have been called to temporarily leave their homes in a district of Frankfurt (central Germany) after the discovery of a 500 kg bomb dating from the Second World War, the city's firefighters said on Monday October 10. .
The American bomb was discovered Monday morning during work in the Bockenheim district, where a university campus is located.
It is planned to deactivate the explosive on Wednesday, the fire department said on its website.
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About 20,000 people must leave their homes by Wednesday at 9 a.m.
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sleeper bombs
The ground of German cities remains littered with unexploded bombs which are regularly discovered on construction sites, 77 years after the Second World War.
In 2017, the discovery in Frankfurt of a 1.4 tonne bomb led to the evacuation of 65,000 people.
In December 2021, a World War II bomb exploded on a construction site near Munich (south) station, injuring four and interrupting rail traffic.