A dud from World War II was discovered in the port of Hamburg on Monday morning. It was a 500-kilo bomb that was found on Kleiner Grasbrook after dredging on a barge, a barge, said a fire department spokesman. The explosive ordnance clearance service is on site.

According to the Nina-Warn-App, a restricted area was set up in a 300-meter radius around the site, the warning radius for the danger area is therefore 500 meters. The fire department tweeted that the bomb had to be defused. “Avoid the area around Veddeler Damm.”