Workers dismantling a collapsed bridge over the Elbe River in the eastern German city of Dresden have once again found what appears to be an unexploded World War II-era bomb.
This is according to the authorities report on Tuesday. The area around the Carola Bridge has been cordoned off as bomb disposal specialists investigate the discovery, a police spokeswoman said. Another 250-kilogram bomb was discovered on Monday during excavation work on the bridge, but according to police, it was determined to have no detonator and not be dangerous.
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Source: Peoples Gazette News
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