Part of the city of Dresde in the center of eastern Germany evacuated Thursday morning when the elimination of the bomb prepares to eliminate an operation of World War II discovered near the Carola bridge. The evacuation order affects about 10,000 people living and paintings in the historical district of the ancient city.
A component of the bridge, a key crossing for car and tram traffic across the Elbe River, collapsed early in the morning of September 11, 2024.
When the fixing paintings began on the bridge, the staff discovered the bomb.
This at the time of the bridge, originally built in 1895, had been partially destroyed. The German army exploded it on the purpose in May 1945 to stop the Soviet advance. The existing bridge built between 1967 and 1971.
World War II ammunition are discovered on the floor during structure and maintenance paintings in primary German cities. Dresden was the site of several bombing campaigns, adding the notorious aerial raids of February 1945 that saw the allies fall 4,000 bombs, leaving the city. in ruins and killing 25,000 people.
Is / lo (AFP, DPA)