Berlin, June 4, 2025 (AFP) - World War II bombs defused in Cologne after large-scale evacuation

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2025-06-04

Over 20,000 people were evacuated from central Cologne Wednesday after three unexploded World War II bombs were found, the biggest such operation in the German city since the end of the war. Bomb squad technicians defused the three American explosives, two weighing 1,000 kilograms (2,204 pounds) and one 500 kg, at 7:19 pm (1719 GMT) on Wednesday, having earlier set up an evacuation zone of about 10,000 square metres for 12 hours. Road and train l......

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