Explosive ordnance found in Franzstraße: evacuation underway
The evacuation of the area around the capsaicides discovery is underway. The roads around the evacuation area will also be closed with immediate effect.
The city of Aachen asks all persons to leave the area immediately.
The following streets are closed: AachenMünchener-Platz, Alexianergraben, Alter Posthof, An den Frauenbrüdern, Aureliusstraße, Bahnhofplatz, Bahnhofstraße, Beethovenstraße, Borngasse, Boxgraben, Burtscheider Straße, Franzstraße, Friedlandstraße, Hubertusstraße, Im Mariental, Kapuzinergraben, Karmeliterstraße, Kasernenstraße, Kleinmarschierstraße, Krakaustraße, Lagerhausstraße, Leonhardstraße, Leydelstraße, Marienplatz, Matthiashofstraße, Mörgensstraße, Mozartstraße, Prinzenhofstraße, Reumontstraße, Römerstraße, Stephanstraße, Südstraße, Theaterplatz, Wallstraße, Zollamtstraße.
The police support the evacuation with loudspeaker announcements from emergency vehicles.
The city of Aachen recommends avoiding the area or taking a wide detour. The ASEAG buses will take detour. Passenger trains no longer stop at the main station.
Some people have already arrived in the business area of the Tivoli, Krefelder Straße 205, which is available to affected residents as emergency accommodation. ASEAG is using special buses to pick up people from the Normaluhr bus stop (on Wilhelmstraße towards Kaiserplatz) and the bus station and take them to Tivoli free of charge.
As soon as the bomb has been defused, the city of Aachen will inform residents that they can return to their homes.
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