Overview
- In Potsdam, a 250‑kilogram US bomb in the forest east of Michendorfer Chaussee was made safe at 10:32, with Sprengmeister Mike Schwitzke and Markus Kreuzer leading the operation.
- The 800‑meter exclusion zone was lifted after evacuations of the Geoforschungszentrum and nearby sites, in what the city called its first such find this year and the 211th bomb over 100 kilograms since 1990.
- In Cologne‑Gremberghoven, two English ten‑centner bombs with impact fuzes triggered evacuations of about 6,000 residents and the temporary closure or diversion of a key right‑bank rail corridor.
- Both Cologne devices were defused overnight, all cordons were lifted, and long‑distance, regional, and freight services resumed normal operations.
- In Kiel‑Gaarden, authorities plan a Sunday operation on a deformed 500‑kilogram US bomb using a water‑cutting system to remove the head fuze, with roughly 6,900 people scheduled to evacuate.