Greater Germany evacuation to defuse a bomb of World War II

The largest evacuation in Germany to deactivate a bomb from the end of World War II began yesterday in the city of Koblenz, on the West of the country, where this Sunday 45,000 residents must leave their homes for several hours

According to Patrick Rott, spokesman for the German Red Cross the first to be transferred to a safe area were patients in the intensive care units in hospitals in the area affected, which will be followed Saturday patients admitted in other departments.

Almost half the population of Koblenz must be evacuated until this Sunday, when gij'on carried the neutralization of a bomb of aviation British of 1.8 tons of weight, as well as another American, 125 kilograms, and a smoke bomb, discovered recently on the banks of the Rhine.

includes nearly 2,500 troops, including 600 u000afirefighters, 400 nurses and 600 drivers for 300 ambulances, as well as 330 policemen.

Will also share members of Civil Defence and the army, whose number not yet it has determined.

The Sunday, the rail is significantly affected due to suspension during several hours of trains, so an additional service of buses will be enabled

Last month, gij'on defused successfully in Halle, in the East of Germany, a World War II aviation bomb which had to be evacuated around 20,000 people.

All buildings within a radius of 800 metres - include a hospital with a few thousand people (500 of them patients), several schools, kindergartens and centres of assistance - had to be evicted, as reported by the Councillor of inside Halle, Bernd Wiegand.

The artifact, neutralized to 1830 local time (1630 GMT), u000aIt was located during a works and forced to cut off traffic on a quarantine of streets.

Residents of the area, which were transferred in buses to a temporary shelter installed in a sports centre, were able to return to their homes before the bomb, 250 kg of weight, was deactivated.

Last may, more than 8,000 people were evicted from their homes so that the establishment could disable other two bombs of World War II located on the outskirts of Hanover, in the Centre of Germany.

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