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Thousands of Parisians Evacuated as WW2 Bomb Detonated in Situ
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Police of the municipality of Colombes and the Civil Protection removed thousands of residents from an area of 450 meters. British bomb was detected nine days ago during the construction work.
Bomb experts try to defuse WWII bomb near Paris
COLOMBES,FRANCE — Authorities evacuated thousands of residents of a Paris suburb Sunday as experts sought to defuse a World War II bomb, police said.Nearly 800 police cordoned off the site in the northwest suburb of Colombes as specialists tried but failed in one bid to remove the detonator from the explosive, which was first discovered on April 10, police said.Experts now planned to detonate the bomb in a two-metre (6.5-foot) deep pit, an opera…
The shell containing 110 kg of explosives, dating from the Second World War, was discovered last Monday in Colombes, imposing on Sunday the evacuation of 15,000 inhabitants within a radius of 450 metres and the mobilization of 800 security and demining officers.
Demining operation: 15,000 people evacuated Residents of the Hauts-de-Seine must leave their homes during the time of the demining operation of an air bomb dating from the Second World War (Police, justice and other facts).
The machine discovered on 10 April in Colombes was destroyed by explosion this Sunday, the specialists having failed to extract the detonator from the machine. The prefect of the Hauts-de-Seine indicated that the demining operation had been completed. The residents will soon be able to return home.
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