Overview

• The 250-kilogram aerial bomb was discovered in a construction pit at the Hopfengartenstraße and Alfred-Keller-Straße intersection during excavation work.
• Authorities cleared a 400-meter radius around the site, relocating 1,700 residents to an assembly point at Schulzentrum Neuenhof.
• Loudspeaker announcements and door-to-door notifications guided evacuees, and a shuttle ran between Grundschule Hans Alfred Keller and the Schulzentrum from 22:00.
• After a regulatory office safety sweep shortly after midnight, the Kampfmittelräumdienst initiated the defusal, estimating 30 to 60 minutes for completion.
• The Siegburg operation underscores Germany’s ongoing task of locating and neutralizing about 5,000 unexploded World War II ordnance items each year.