Overview

• Bomb disposal experts in Cham defused a 250 kg English aerial bomb after hours of work to clear a 700 m exclusion zone and allow schools and the train station to reopen.
• About 2,500 residents—including hospital and care home patients—were relocated overnight to the town hall, a care center and a nearby school.
• In Stuttgart, roughly 6,000 people have evacuated within a 500 m perimeter as crews prepare to neutralize a 500 kg World War II ordnance.
• Authorities in Starnberg are securing a WWII-era grenade found in a private garden, prompting the temporary relocation of about 40 households and street closures.
• Germany encounters roughly 5,000 unexploded WWII bombs each year, and each operation demands coordinated action from police, fire services, rescue teams and the THW.