Thursday 26 February 2015

Football: WWII bomb found at Dortmund's stadium

Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion stadium was evacuated on Thursday
after an unexploded WWII bomb was found during renovation work, the
club announced. The 250kg bomb (551 lbs) was found during morning work
on the stadium's VIP area and the surrounding area was quickly
evacuated with a scheduled press conference moved to the club's
training ground.

The bomb, believed to have been of British origin, was expected to be
defused in the afternoon. Dortmund, German champions in 2011 and 2012,
host rivals Schalke on Saturday in the Ruhr Valley derby with a
sell-out 80,700-capacity crowd expected.

Borussia will also play their next Champions League match at the
Westfalenstadion on March 18 when they host Juventus looking to
over-turn a 2-1 defeat from the last 16, first-leg clash.

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