Overview
- In Elsterwerda, an American World War II bomb found during track work was rendered safe and Deutsche Bahn and InfraGO reported long-distance services resumed after temporary rerouting and a brief station closure.
- Authorities set a roughly 300-meter exclusion zone around the Elsterwerda site, ordered residents to leave by the scheduled deadline and opened the town hall and library as temporary shelters.
- In Schwentinental (Klausdorf) officials identified a 250-kilogram English aerial bomb that created an exclusion zone of about 1,000 meters and will require the evacuation of roughly 2,600 people.
- City and police officials in Schwentinental are distributing handouts, operating a service line and arranging shelter while warning the defusal duration cannot be predicted so residents should bring food, drink and needed medication.
- Explosive-ordnance teams (Kampfmittelräumdienst) routinely handle such finds in Germany, and large or unstable devices can force multi-hour evacuations, road closures and rail disruptions until experts declare areas safe.