German experts defused a World War II bomb in Cologne on Tuesday that had forced the evacuation of thousands of office workers and disrupted rail and ship traffic. The 500-kilogramme (1,100-pound) US bomb — dropped during a heavy bombardment of the western German city — “no longer poses a danger”, the city said in a statement shortly before midday (1100 GMT). Construction workers found the bomb on the right bank of the Rhine river on Monday evening, prompting the evacuation of nearby offices including those of broadcaster RTL and the Cologne Opera. Very few people live in the area, which is primarily a business district. “The roughly 10,000 employees of the affected companies and the 15 residents may return to their buildings,” said the city’s statement. The nearby Hohenzollern rail and pedestrian bridge, which leads to Cologne’s famous Dom cathedral and central train station on the opposite bank, was closed during defusing work, severely disrupting rail traffic. After the bomb was deactivated in an operation that took just 25 minutes, German rail operator Deutsche Bahn announced the bridge had reopened, as had Cologne’s smaller Messe/Deutz station.
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