Tens of thousands of people were evacuated after the discovery of bombs in Cologne

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4 June 2025
16:53

German authorities have evacuated over 20,000 residents of the city of Cologne, after three unexploded American bombs from World War II were discovered in the center of the city, according to IPN.

The evacuated zone includes the entire old part of the city, 58 hotels, three bridges over the Rhine, the city hall, the district of Deutz train station, museums, a hospital, two nursing homes and has a radius of one thousand meters. Germany’s national railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, has warned that many trains will be diverted or even cancelled, and road traffic has also been greatly disrupted, reports Deutsche Welle.

The found firebombs are two 90-kilogram bombs and one 45-kilogram bomb, made in the USA, and the experts are working on defusing them.

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In July, the National Army’s sappers carried out 11 demining missions in several districts of the country and destroyed 13 explosive objects. One of the interventions aimed at neutralizing the Gheran-2 drone, detected in the village of Copanca, Causeni district, approximately 30 meters from a residential house, IPN reports.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the drone allegedly arrived on the territory of the Republic of Moldova following the massive attack launched by Russia on Ukraine on the night of July 13. The engineers of the “Codru” Engineering Battalion intervened to identify and neutralize the explosive object.

Another mission took place in the village of Serpeni, Anenii Noi district, where a local resident discovered ammunition during construction works. After checking the terrain, sappers identified and recovered 502 7.92 mm cartridges, left over from the Second World War. Similar interventions were carried out in localities in the districts of Ungheni, Stefan Voda, Straseni, Hancesti and Dubasari.

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Tens of thousands of people were evacuated after the discovery of bombs in Cologne

IPN.md

4 June 2025
16:53

German authorities have evacuated over 20,000 residents of the city of Cologne, after three unexploded American bombs from World War II were discovered in the center of the city, according to IPN.

The found firebombs are two 90-kilogram bombs and one 45-kilogram bomb, made in the USA, and the experts are working on defusing them.

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Firefighters have extinguished 41 vegetation fires in the last 24 hours. According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, the largest outbreaks were recorded in the Gagauzia Autonomous Region, Soroca, Drochia and Stefan Voda districts, IPN reports.

The most extensive fire occurred in the village of Dezghingea, Comrat municipality, where the flames destroyed approximately 10 hectares of dry vegetation. Other large outbreaks were recorded in the village of Racovat in Soroca district and in the village of Antoneuca in Drochia district, where approximately four hectares burned each, as well as in the village of Talmaza in Stefan Voda district, where the fire affected approximately two hectares.

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