Overview
- Workers uncovered a 50‑kilogram World War II aerial bomb on a construction site in the Bad Cannstatt district of Stuttgart, prompting an immediate safety response.
- Police cordoned a zone of at least 150 metres that included residential streets and parts of the Kurpark and ordered people to evacuate the area.
- Specialist teams from the Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst rendered the device safe on site and authorities issued an all-clear late in the afternoon.
- About 500 residents who had been required to leave were allowed to return to their homes after the defusal, and local transit was temporarily altered during the operation.
- Officials said on-site defusal was necessary for safety and that follow-up inspections will confirm when the construction site and park areas can reopen fully.