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3 people injured after World War II aircraft bomb exploded at a Munich train station, reports say

Alexandra Ma,Mia Jankowicz   

3 people injured after World War II aircraft bomb exploded at a Munich train station, reports say
  • An old aircraft bomb exploded at a train station in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday.
  • Three people were injured in the incident.

Three people were injured after an old aircraft bomb exploded at a train station in Munich, Germany, on Wednesday, local police said.

The explosion happened during construction work near the Donnersbergerbrücke S-Bahn station, the Munich police said.

One of the three injured people was seriously injured in the incident, the Munich fire department said.

Rail travel to and from the train station was temporarily suspended, but had resumed at 2:30 pm local time, Deutsche Bahn tweeted.

Bild, Augsburger Allgemeine, and Süddeutsche Zeitung reported that the bomb was an aircraft bomb from World War II.

More than 2,000 tonnes of live bombs and munitions are found every year in Germany, Reuters reported.

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