Some 6.500 residents from the German town of Potsdamlocated southwest of Berlin, the capital of Germany, have had to be evacuated this Tuesday after the discovery of a unexploded bomb of the Second World War. The emergency services have urged those present to leave their homes on the 8.30 am (local time) after going door by door warning the residents of the surrounding area, as explained by the authorities.
Furthermore, the railway traffic has been suspended in a large part of the city, where a exclusion zone in a 700 meter radius around the place where the discovery occurred. This occurred during a series of construction works in the city centre.
The situation has led security forces to deploy teams experts on deactivate explosive deviceswho have launched an operation that has finally been successful.
These types of cases are common in Germany even though they have passed more than 80 years since the conflict ended. These types of bombs are often discovered during construction work. and can cause large evacuation operations.
