Yes, you read the title right. It all began when construction crews found pieces of metal at several sites of VW’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany, and they suspected undetonated ordinance was still present which dates back to World War II. The experts suspected four sites could hold unexploded bombs. By the afternoon on July 8, the team announced three of the locations were safe. However, they found a weapon 18-feet (5.5-meters) underground at the last one. The authorities waited until Sunday, July 10, to diffuse the bomb because they needed time to evacuate the area.
General view of German car manufacturer Volkswagen AG’s plant and headquarters in Wolfsburg October 19, 2005. (Reuters)
The 250Kg bomb dating back to World War II has been defused without any problem, but police evacuated a nearby neighborhood of 700 people just as a precautionary measure, and the factory was closed for that day.
“There will be no effects on production,” a company spokesperson told Reuters. The Wolfsburg factory was built under the Nazi regime in 1938 to assemble the People’s Car on Adolf Hitler’s orders.
Source: Reuters, Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung
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