Major police operation as WWII bomb found in central Berlin

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2025-09-18

Berlin (dpa) - A major police operation was under way in central Berlin late on Thursday after authorities found a World War II bomb in the Spree River. A police spokesman said on X that the suspicious object was found during construction work in the Fischerinsel neighbourhood. Ship traffic on the Spree has been suspended. The bomb is set to be retrieved from the water and examined by experts as soon as Thursday evening, with work expected to las......

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