In January this year, another bomb had already caused a similar operation in the bridge of the bridge
JOSÉ HENRIQUE MARIANTE-A non-detonated bomb of World War II caused the evacuation of at least 17,000 people from downtown Dresden, Germany, on the morning of Wednesday (6). In the early afternoon, experts disarmed the 250 kg artifact of British manufacturing, the fourth found in a field of works.
On the spot, on the banks of the Elba River, the demolition work of a 100 m bridge that collapsed in September last year. The episode generated a public debate about the country’s infrastructure, even contaminating the last election campaign. Built in the 1970s, by the government of the then East Germany, it underwent a renovation in the beginning of this decade. Investigations of the accident, without victims, are underway.
The structure had been built in place of the 1895 Carola Bridge, destroyed by the Nazis in the World War II atemos in an attempt to stop the Red Army’s advance. In February 1945, Dresden suffered strong bombing from the Allied forces.
In January this year, another bomb had already caused similar operation in the bridge rubble area. Two other artifacts found were without a detonator.
In June, 20,000 people were evacuated from the Center of Colony to disappear a bomb discovered by a maintenance work on the banks of the Rhine River. Police and volunteers took more than 11 hours to ensure the evacuation of the area, with three rounds of door -to -door check. It delayed the work the fact that the area is densely populated.
In the total of World War II, Colony suffered more than 260 air strikes, which killed about 20,000 people, which partly explains the large number of uncovered uncovered artifacts in the city. This type of occurrence, however, is common throughout Europe.
In Dresden, the isolated region even included state government offices. About 200 people, who had nowhere to go, were housed in a convention center.
