Evacuations as WWII bomb found

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Hundreds of tenants had to leave their homes temporarily after a World War Two (WWII) bomb was found. The US American aerial bomb weighing 250 kilograms was discovered by workers engaged in the construction of Vienna’s new main train station yesterday afternoon (Tues). Around 200 residents of housing estates in the city’s Favoriten district were […]

Workers discover WWII bomb

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Explosives experts of the Federal Crime Office (BK) were called after employees found a bomb at a company estate in Vienna. The discovery was made in Vienna’s Donaustadt district yesterday afternoon (Mon), police said today. Officials remained tight-lipped over whether the object – identified as a World War Two (WWII) aerial bomb – could have […]

WWII bomb discovery brings public transport to a halt

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An important public transport hub and several flats had to be evacuated after an aerial bomb from World War Two (WWII) was discovered under a former porn cinema in Graz this morning (Tues).The 250-kilo US Army missile, which was dropped in 1944 or 1945, was discovered by workers during excavation activities under the Nonstop Kino, […]

WWII bomb found in river

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An aerial bomb weighing around 250 kilograms was defused and removed in less than 30 minutes in a town in Upper Austria yesterday (Tues).Explosives experts decided to evacuate the surrounding area within 400 metres after the World War Two (WWII) era bomb was discovered in the Enns River in Steyr.A road and a railway line […]

Vast damage after WWII bomb blast

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The controlled detonation of a World War Two (WWII) bomb caused enormous damage in Graz last Friday evening.Explosives experts advised the police to evacuate the main train station of the city and the surrounding area within one kilometre in order to carry out a controlled explosion since it was impossible to safely remove it. The […]

Builders find WWII bomb

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An aerial bomb dropped by US troops during World War Two (WWII) was discovered in Upper Austria.Officials in the city of Linz said the 50-kilo bomb was found during construction work near the city’s zoo this morning (Thurs). A special police force decided to evacuate everyone within a radius of 100 metres.The federal interior ministry […]

Another aerial bomb found in Vienna

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Dozens of flats in Vienna-Wieden had to be evacuated after a World War Two (WWII) bomb was discovered at a housing estate yesterday (Tues).No one was injured when the 200-kilo aerial bomb was defused and removed by a team of explosives experts sent out by the federal interior ministry.Only last month, two similar bombs were […]

Public transport staff uninformed about bomb scares

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A Freedom Party (FPÖ) official has criticised Wiener Linien for failing to evacuate many of its employees after bomb threats.FPÖ Vienna vice chairman Johann Gudenus said today (Thurs) it was “not acceptable” that the Viennese public transport agency evacuates passengers swiftly but does not inform its own staff in the case of a bomb scare […]

WWII bomb discovery causes temporary rail traffic shutdown

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Traffic on a busy railway connection in Tyrol had to be stopped for three hours due to the discovery of a wartime bomb.The World War Two (WWII) bomb weighing around 250 kilograms was found by workers renovating a railway bridge near the town of Roppen yesterday (Mon).No one was injured when explosives experts sent by […]

Another aerial bomb found at Vienna building site

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Workers assigned to build Vienna’s new main train station have discovered a 250-kilo aerial bomb just days after a similar wartime missile was discovered at the building site.Police said tenants had to be evacuated from approximately 100 apartments located near the large construction site after staff came across the bomb this morning (Fri). It took […]