World War-II bomb defused in German, 60,000 people evacuated

World War-II bomb defused in German, 60,000 people evacuated

Tens and thousands of people evacuated their homes as German explosives experts started to defuse a massive World War-II bomb in Frankfurt on Sunday.

The bomb was discovered on a building site last week and around 60,000 people were ordered to leave their residences in what was Germany’s biggest evacuation since the war.

The work by bomb technicians started later than planned as some people refused to leave the evacuation area despite fire chiefs warning that an uncontrolled explosion would be big enough to flatten a city block.

The device was found last week in city’s leafy Westend neighbourhood.