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Cologne: Unexploded World War II bombs successfully defused

June 4, 2025

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from Germany's fourth largest city, Cologne, as experts attempted to defuse three unexploded bombs from the Second World War. It was the largest bomb-related evacuation since the end of the war.

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