Berlin to evacuate railway station on Friday to remove unexploded WW2 bomb
Berlin — The discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb will force a mass evacuation around Berlin’s central railway station on Friday, covering several government ministries and a hospital, police said. Buildings and streets in a radius of 800m around the site north of the busy train station will be cleared from 7am GMT until the 500kg explosive is safely defused, they said on Twitter Wednesday. The evacuation zone covers the central railway station, the economy and transport ministries, an army hospital and the embassies of Indonesia and Uzbekistan, a police spokesperson said. Police said it was not yet clear how many thousands of people would be affected but predicted to local media that "it will be big, it will be a major hassle". The Deutsche Bahn rail company and urban transport operators prepared for large-scale disruptions around the central hub for trains, trams and buses. The bomb, which was discovered during construction work on Heidestrasse in the district of Mitte...
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