Overview
- Explosive-ordnance experts identified the device as a World War II–era English aerial bomb discovered during exploratory probing in front of the stadium.
- City services opened a care center at the documenta-Halle for evacuees who could not find alternative accommodation.
- The local transport operator provided buses for relocations, and the Red Cross coordinated free medical and assisted transport for those unable to leave on their own.
- Frankfurter Straße, Ludwig-Mond-Straße and the autobahn feeder were closed, and public transport could not pass through the restricted zone.
- Authorities established a fire department incident command, enlarged an initial 100-meter cordon to 500 meters, and warned of heavier evening traffic disruptions.