World War II bomb found in Budapest’s 13th district, the area will be evacuated
A World War II aerial bomb was found by workers at a construction site in the capital’s 13th district on Friday, honvedelem.hu reports.
The bomb will be defused on Tuesday morning at the site in the XIII district. The area will be evacuated and sealed off in a 200-meter radius for the duration of the work, said Milán Gajdos, communications officer of the Defence Forces’ fire brigade.
The report came from a construction site on Kartács Street. The bomb disposal patrol commander found that a WWII Soviet aerial bomb with a sharpened nose fuse had emerged from the ground.
The bomb can only be transported safely if it is defused on site. This is scheduled to take place on Tuesday morning.
According to the Budapest Police Headquarters, the bomb was found at the construction site at 27 Kartács Street and public protection measures will be in place from 7am on Tuesday until 12 noon, pending the disarming process. This means that in Angyalföld
THE AREA BOUNDED BY LEHEL ÚT – GÖMB UTCA – KARTÁCS UTCA – RÓBERT KÁROLY KÖRÚT WILL BE CLOSED AND EVACUATED.
Earlier, a World War II bomb was defused in Óbuda in the capital.
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Source: MTI
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