Overview
- Three separate World War II aerial bombs were uncovered on Thursday in Düsseldorf, Nürnberg and Sinzheim with Düsseldorf’s device safely defused and operations continuing at the other two sites.
- In Düsseldorf-Mörsenbroich roughly 2,700 residents inside a 300 metre radius were evacuated and about 250 emergency personnel were deployed while authorities set up a shelter and provided buses and medical transports.
- In Nürnberg a 250 kilogram American bomb forced a 750 metre evacuation that included a 120‑bed senior home and left responders focused on the hard task of moving immobile and lying patients to temporary care sites.
- A bomb found near Sinzheim by a digger operator prompted an evacuation radius of one kilometre and a full closure of the A5 between Bühl and Baden‑Baden from about 19:30 while EOD planned an evening defusal.
- Authorities say such finds remain common decades after the war: regional EOD units reported dozens of large finds and roughly 930 interventions last year, a pattern that strains transport networks, shelters and medical resources during simultaneous operations.