Monday, March 26, 2012

German city spared disruption over suspected bomb

(AP) ? German authorities have scrapped plans to cordon off part of the city of Stuttgart and shut its main station after discovering a suspected World War II bomb was actually an old water pipe.

Officials had announced that the station, a major railway hub, would be shut for several hours Sunday while experts defused the bomb, found in a nearby park.

But city police said experts ? on closer examination early Sunday ? had determined the object was actually a cast-iron pipe that wasn't marked on any map.

That meant authorities no longer needed to evacuate a 355-yard (325-meter) radius around the site or ask local residents to leave.

Unexploded World War II bombs are still found frequently in Germany, sometimes leading to large-scale evacuations as a precaution.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/aa9398e6757a46fa93ed5dea7bd3729e/Article_2012-03-25-EU-ODD-Germany-No-Bomb/id-aa51b640ebd841aba0a9415c88135a1b

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