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As of: 01/30/2021 4:16 pm
The munitions disposal service discovered the second World War II bomb in Göttingen in the afternoon. Both must fly. Two other suspicions are still being investigated.
According to the city, both rags are ten-quintal bombs with a long-lasting detonator that cannot be defused. The ammunition disposal service will now investigate the other two suspicious sites first. Only then will it be decided, according to the city, when the bombs will be detonated in a controlled manner. According to police, it is unclear how long the evacuation will take. This depends on how the munitions disposal service’s investigations go. According to previous estimates by the city, the action could drag on overnight.
Patience and caution to prevent disasters
The first fiasco is on the banks of the Leine, the second in a residential area in front of a church. Experts from the explosive ordnance disposal service have secured the areas well, but damage to buildings from the pressure wave when it detonated cannot be ruled out. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service proceeds with great patience and caution, as reported by NDR 1 Lower Saxony, also to avoid an accident like the one in 2010. At that time, a 10-quintal bomb exploded uncontrollably in Göttingen, killing three demolition experts.
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8,300 people had to leave houses in the restricted area
Around 8,300 people had to leave their houses and apartments in the Weststadt restricted area this morning. Covers a radius of 1000 meters around the sites around Godehardstrasse. The Police and the Technical Assistance Organization (THW) used drones with thermal imaging cameras to verify that there was no one in the area. However, because the cyclists were spotted twice along the line, the demolition masters had to interrupt their work in between.
Own crown rules for meetings
Around 8,300 people had to leave their apartments and houses in Göttingen this morning.
Due to the likely long duration of the operation, the city had previously asked residents to seek accommodation outside the exclusion zone, for example in a private setting or in a hotel. Due to the special situation, the state of Lower Saxony had the Crown rules in Regarding the deactivation of bombs and evacuations, he added. If you have to leave the area, you can stay with multiple people in another household. Most of those affected apparently made use of this. Only 260 people were in the city’s evacuation centers in the afternoon. According to its own statements, the city paid attention to the “pandemic-friendly” accommodations.
Diversion and substitution services for trains
Also in the restricted area is the Göttingen train station, which is closed from this morning at 7 am As a result, the important north-south connection is blocked in the long-distance traffic of Deutsche Bahn. ICE trains from Kiel through Hamburg and Hanover to the south are being diverted and, according to the railway, will be delayed by an hour. ICE trains from Berlin to Frankfurt am Main it fails to a great extent. In local transport, the railway uses buses as a replacement for Northeim. Route closure applies while the job is in progress.
Possibly a long detonator bomb
In early January, four suspicious objects were found on the ground during construction works in Göttingen’s Weststadt, near Godehardstrasse. According to the explosive ordnance disposal service, there is at least one fiasco between them, at a depth of twenty feet, possibly with a long-term detonator. This could be an allied WWII aerial bomb, which was designed to detonate late. The impacts can be seen exactly on site in old aerial photographs.
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