In Frankfurt am Main, has been defused on Tuesday night, a world war II bomb. The action in the district of Gallus, was successful, said the Frankfurt fire Department shortly after 1 p.m. on Twitter. All barriers were now removed. “We wish you a good journey home!” The police also tweeted, all the people are likely to return to their homes.
the alleviation of The #world war II bomb in the #Gallus was successful! All barriers are now removed. Thank you for your help and patience. We wish you a good journey home! ^rh pic.twitter.com/Mi8YBRREB6
— Feuerwehr Frankfurt (@feuerwehrffm) 30. October 2018
to bring Around 16,000 people had previously been called upon in security. The fire Department blocked according to own parts of the district Gallus. Around the site on the Europa-Allee was built in a Restbet security zone. In addition, the train was waiting of traffic between Gallus and Frankfurt-West has been set up for about two hours, said a spokeswoman for Deutsche Bahn. Immediately after the alleviation of the 125-kilogram bomb could go all according to Plan. Were affected by the S-Bahn lines S3, S4, S5 and S6, as well as the regional trains.
The beginning of the defusing was delayed by about an hour and a half, because, among other things, more and more older people from the rescue services are removed, as previously predicted, a police spokesman said.
In September last year, the largest mass evacuation in the post-war period to defuse a world war II bomb in Frankfurt, had made nationwide headlines. At that time, about 65,000 people from more than one center of the middle city had to share their apartments to leave.
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