BERLIN (AFP) – An
unexploded World War II
bomb has been unearthed
near Berlin’s main train
station, risking possible
disruptions to rail and road
traffic, authorities said
Wednesday
“The bomb was found
yesterday afternoon on
property belonging to the
rail company,” a police
spokesman told AFP, adding
that the 100-kilogramme
(220-pound) explosive was
dropped by the Allies during
the Second World War.
The site lies about 1.5
kilometres (0.9 miles) north
of the main train station and
the spokesman said police
were still determining how
to re-route road traffic
around the area.
A spokesman for the rail
operator, Deutsche Bahn,
said it was deliberating
whether to re-direct trains
while authorities defuse the
bomb or destroy it in a
controlled explosion.
More than six decades after
the war, authorities believe
there are still some 3,000
bombs buried beneath Berlin
alone, and unexploded
devices are regularly
discovered in construction
work.
In June 2010, a 500-kilo
Allied bomb, thought to be
British, exploded and killed
three German sappers, and
seriously injured two others
in the central city of
Goettingen as they prepared
to defuse it.
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