British Bomb Found In Central Frankfurt Weighs 1.8 Tonnes.
Bomb disposal experts have defused an unexploded World War II bomb in the western German city of Koblenz, as a massive evacuation began in neighbouring Frankfurt to neutralise an even bigger explosive.
About 21,000 people had to leave the area in Koblenz as the 500kg American bomb was successfully defused on Saturday before the fire brigade allowed residents to return to their homes.
Frankfurt fire and police chiefs said they would use force and incarceration if necessary to clear residents, warning an uncontrolled explosion of the bomb would be big enough to flatten a city block.
Seven decades after the end of World War II, unexploded bombs from intense Allied raids on Nazi Germany are still occasionally found in building sites, forests and fields, and sometimes even in private gardens.
More than 2,000 tonnes of live bombs and munitions are found each year in Germany.
In July, a kindergarten was evacuated after teachers discovered an unexploded World War II bomb on a shelf among some toys.
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