Following the discovery of a World War II bomb on Dresden's Carola Bridge, demolition work will now be supervised by a munitions expert. He is to monitor and assess the movement of material through the use of excavators, the city administration announced. Explosive ordnance detection in the Elbe itself is not possible, as steel remnants lying in the river would cause a lot of disruption.
During demolition work on Wednesday, a 250-kilogram British-made aerial bomb was found. An excavator driver had retrieved it from the bottom of the riverbed. The bomb was defused on site on Thursday. Work on the bridge is now continuing. The action plan for emergencies has been expanded to include an "alarm chain for explosive ordnance", it was reported.
