NEARLY 20,000 people were ordered to evacuate parts of Berlin after two unexploded Second World War bombs were unearthed in the German capital.
Police sealed off the busy Mitte tourist district Thursday night after divers discovered a massive bomb under four metres of water in the Spree near Fischerinsel.
Hotel guests stranded in the streets of Berlin after two WW2 bombs were unearthed[/caption]
Police sent the alert on Thursday night, cordoning off different districts in the German capital[/caption]
Officials declared residents were in “mortal danger” and told 7,500 people to leave their homes immediately.
By early Friday, Berlin police confirmed evacuation of the 500-metre exclusion zone was complete.
“All persons are requested to immediately leave the restricted area,” they had warned in a late-night post on X, adding that security measures would last through the night.
The lockdown shut government offices, embassies, and Berlin’s city hall, while boat traffic on the Spree was suspended.
Subways and streets were closed, and long queues formed at emergency shelters in Mitte town hall and a nearby school, DW reported.
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