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More than 8,000 residents in the central German city of Goettingen left their homes on Saturday to let disposal experts find and defuse four suspected Second World War bombs in the city centre.
Three of the four suspected bombs were 10-ton bombs with long-life fuses dropped by the US military. They would have to be disposed of through a controlled detonation.
The work was delayed twice because people remained in the restricted area after the evacuation order.
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Police escorted two of them out of the danger zone, which covers an area with a radius of 1 kilometre around the site.
The authorities have set up evacuation centres for those who cannot stay with friends. About 260 people were staying there.
Coronavirus regulations were temporarily suspended for the special situation.
The city used police drones as part of its efforts to check whether any individuals were still in the restricted area.
Goettingen's central station, which is on a major north-south rail axis, was shut down and traffic diverted. The closures will remain in place while the work is ongoing.
Authorities believed that there were four unexploded bombs in the ground at a construction site near the railway station.
As of Saturday night, however, it was not clear whether the last unidentified object was a actually a bomb, and whether it could be defused or would have to be blown up.
Dealing with them might take until early on Sunday. According to the city, about 1,800 people have been working in shifts to organise the evacuation and work on defusing the bombs.

It is not uncommon for wartime ordnance to be discovered during construction work in Germany.
Deactivating the explosive devices can be dangerous, and has on occasion led to injuries and fatalities.
In June 2010, three members of a bomb disposal team were killed and six people wounded when a World War II bomb exploded in Goettingen during attempts to disarm the device.


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Rescue service employees in Goettingen, Germany, evacuate an elderly resident and his two cats before bomb disposal experts find and defuse four suspected World War II bombs from the city centre. Photo: DPA

30 January 2021, Lower Saxony, Goettingen: Rescue service employees evacuate an elderly resident ahead of the disposal experts find and defuse four suspected World War II bombs from the city centre. Photo: Swen Pförtner/dpa

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Bomb squad officers study the device found near Kai Tak MTR station. Photo: Handout

View of the Kai Tak MTR station during the MTR media tour for the Tuen Ma Line Phase 1. 12FEB20 SCMP / Winson Wong

Police defused the World War II bomb that was discovered near Kai Tak MTR station. Photo: Handout

US submarine lost during World War II may have been found by divers in Strait of Malacca

Divers at work in the Strait of Malacca. Photo: AP

This Dec. 27, 1941, photo released by U.S. Navy shows USS Grenadier (SS-210) off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of the U.S. Navy submarine lost 77 years ago in Southeast Asia, providing a coda to a stirring but little-known tale from World War II. (United States Navy via AP)

In this image taken from video, the top hatch of a conning tower can be seen from a submarine wreck somewhere in the Strait of Malacca on March 4, 2020. Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of a U.S. Navy submarine lost 77 years ago in Southeast Asia, providing a coda to a stirring but little-known tale from World War II. (Jean Luc Rivoire via AP)

An image on a sonar screen shows a silhouette shape of a submarine lying on the ocean floor somewhere in the Strait of Malacca on Oct. 21, 2019. Divers have found what they believe is the wreck of a U.S. Navy submarine lost 77 years ago in Southeast Asia, providing a coda to a stirring but little-known tale from World War II. (Jean Luc Rivoire via AP)

‘Unstable’ World War II bomb found at Hong Kong construction site, forcing evacuation of 2,000 people

The discovery of an unexploded wartime device led to the evacuation of about 2,000 people in Kowloon on Thursday. Photo: Handout

About 2,000 people in Hong Kong were evacuated after an unexploded bomb from the second world war was unearthed on Thursday and found to be in an unstable state.ÊServices at Kai Tak MTR station were also suspended at about 5pm, after the device was discovered at the site for a pedestrian tunnel on Concorde Road, near Muk Yuen Street.Workers called police at about 2.40pm after spotting the bomb, which is reportedly about one metre long. 16JUL20  HANDOUT PHOTO

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Authorities in Goettingen used police drones as part of efforts to check whether any individuals were still in the restricted area
It is not uncommon for wartime ordnance to be discovered during construction work in Germany



Three of the four suspected bombs were 10-ton bombs with long-life fuses dropped by the US military.


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