The definitive phase of the Transaction was completed in recent days Zentrum bis, which saw the Italian Army successfully defuse a 64-pound US plane bomb (ANM500) found in the center of Bolzano, which resurfaced in a public road construction site and similar to another bomb already defused in October 2019 .
The activities for the predispositions , have begun in recent days with the construction of important containment works to protect the area intended for reclamation operations.
In consideration of the delicacy of the type of intervention, on the recommendation of the bomb squads of the 2nd Engineers Regiment of the "Julia" Brigade, the Authorities in charge evacuated 4082 Bolzano citizens from the early hours of the morning, closing the most important streets to traffic road, motorway and railway communication.
The bomb clearing operations ended at 10:40 am and were conducted by the Army bomb squads, supported by the health facilities of the Red Cross military corps. Only at that time the evacuated citizens were able to return to their homes and the road network was restored.
The operation was planned and carried out within the synergistic system of the Civil Protection sector, led by the Bolzano government commissioner and the Army Alpine troop command. The activity, complex due to its type and the type of device to be neutralized, was carried out in full compliance with the rules aimed at limiting the spread of the Coronavirus infection.
The Alpine Troop Command coordinates the use of the Army engineering units in its area of responsibility, which includes the regions of Piedmont, Valle d'Aosta, Lombardy and Trentino Alto Adige.
