WWII bomb discovered in Vienna

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Explosives experts had to defuse a 250-kilo aerial bomb in Vienna this afternoon (Tues).The World War Two (WWII) era missile was found by construction workers at the site where the city’s new main train station is currently being built.A team of experts sent out by the federal interior ministry decided to evacuate the area for […]

Workers find WWII bombs

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Six aerial bombs were unearthed during a week of construction activities in Styria.Local police said today (Fri) the World War Two (WWII) missiles were discovered by workers at a bridge leading over the Mur River near Pernegg in the past few days.The US army bombs were removed by explosives experts from the federal interior ministry. […]

Bomb alert shuts Vienna department store

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Police in Vienna are investigating after a popular city centre department store was evacuated due to a bomb warning yesterday afternoon (Weds).Around 700 shoppers and staff were asked to leave the nine-storey Steffl store after a male voice warned its manager’s office of a bomb in the building in a phone call around 5pm.Police, who […]

Bomb panic at district authority office

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A district council building had to be evacuated after a man threw a parcel bomb into one of its rooms.The suspect was arrested after trying to flee the building in Horn, Lower Austria, this morning (Weds). Explosives experts found out that the bomb, hurled into a third-floor office from the hallway, was live and could […]

Evacuation as 500-kilo WWII bomb found in Vienna

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Hundreds had to be evacuated as explosives experts disarmed a 500-kilo World War Two-era aerial bomb in Vienna-Donaustadt this morning (Thurs).Police in the capital said they decided to evacuate several housing estates and the nearby Arbeiterstrandbad swimming pool – which was packed at temperatures of around 30 degree centigrade – before the interior ministry’s team […]