Tag: Defusal

70,000 to be evacuated over WWII bomb in Frankfurt

Some 70,000 people in Frankfurt will have to leave their homes this weekend in one of the biggest such evacuations in post-war Germany, police said, after an unexploded World War-II bomb nicknamed “blockbuster” was uncovered. The operation on Sunday will allow for the safe defusal of the 1,400-tonne British bomb, which German media said was …

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August 31, 2017