Exeter WW2 bomb: 2,600 homes being evacuated

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More than 2,500 households evacuated after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found in Exeter, police say

The BBC's John Ayres said there had been "unusual scenes" of "hundreds of students with suitcases, all marching down the street towards St David's [railway] Station, away from the university and finding somewhere to go".

The university said it would "support those who are affected until the situation is resolved and buildings are reopened". It said: "We will communicate directly later today by email with those students who have been relocated."The university said on Friday night it could not say exactly how many students were moved as "obviously many students are not back on campus because of the Covid-19 situation".

Coastguard rescue officers and volunteers from Dartmoor Search and Rescue have been among emergency workers helping alert people to the expanded cordon. Exeter City Council said no evacuation centres had been set up and people affected had been encouraged to stay with relatives.The city was heavily attacked by German bombers during World War Two, particularly in May 1942 during the

 

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FYI. Exeter was bombed on the 3-4 May 1942. It was one of a number of cities targeted by Hitler in revenge for Harris' bombing campaign against German cities in 1942. These raids targeted tourist towns chosen from a Baedeker travel guide and are known as the Baedeker raids.

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Wow and I bet the bomb if exploded would break the windows in the nearest street, wow

I know it's a bomb and everything but I wouldn't be getting out of bed evacuating on a Saturday morning for a bomb that's been sat there for 75+ years 😂

I found an unexploded bomb in our garden in Braintree as a kid!

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If it goes up, would it be ex-eter?

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Fingers crossed those fantasically brave bomb disposal experts sort it, without any injuiries

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