Sprenue finds in Munich: World War II bomb successfully defused!

Sprenue finds in Munich: World War II bomb successfully defused!

Kraepelinstraße, 80796 München, Deutschland - On yesterday's day, an explosive body that was discovered on a construction site in the Schwabing district caused excitement in Munich. During construction work on Kraepelinstraße, in the curve to Bummstrasse, a 250 kilogram World War II bomb was found. As the Süddeutsche Zeitung of the explosive body on Wednesday shortly before 9 p.m. under the supervision of special forces. Before that, the use had to be postponed several times due to a thunderstorm and technical delays.

The find ensured that numerous adjacent buildings, including a psychiatric clinic of the Max Planck Institute and a residential group for people with physical restrictions, had to be evacuated. Around 400 people were affected by the evacuation measures, while patients from the nearby Munich clinic did not have to be laid, since only two of their buildings were in the critical area. These were the goods acceptance (house 27) and an empty former bed house (house 3).

defusing successfully

The bomb had broken into two parts, but the detonator remained intact. In order to alleviate possible pressure waves in the defusing, the emergency services built a concrete wall around the explosive body. The area around the bomb was cordoned off, and despite the evacuated apartments and facilities, the specialists reach the successful defusing at around 10 p.m. The fire brigade gave the all -clear shortly afterwards, and the evacuations could be lifted shortly afterwards.

Such finds are not uncommon in Munich, especially since the city was heavily bombarded in the Second World War and the ordnance clearing service regularly assesses the risk of still existing explosives. Another incident, which recently put the regional security to the test, took place in Rüdesheim am Rhein, where seven World War II bombs were discovered. As rtl , the defusing of such an orderly impact is often caused by controlled explosions.

For the Munich, this incident once again showed that the past remains alive in the old walls of the city. The danger from hidden explosives is part of the story with which the city community has to deal regularly.