Overview

• During demolition of the corroded Carolabrücke in Dresden, crews uncovered a 250-kilogram British bomb fitted with an intact fuse that requires specialist removal.
• Authorities established a 1 km safety radius affecting about 17,000 people and set up a shelter at Messe Dresden with shuttle buses for evacuees.
• Police, fire crews and the Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst are coordinating transport reroutes, access control and evacuation logistics ahead of the Wednesday morning operation.
• In Köln-Lindenthal, a British five-zentner bomb found during sondierungsarbeiten led to a 300 m evacuation of roughly 2,500 residents and was defused safely Tuesday evening.
• These incidents reflect Germany’s annual challenge of unearthing thousands of unexploded WWII ordnance and highlight the relative ease of defusing brass-fused British bombs.