BLAST FROM THE PAST AVERTED: MASS EVACUATION IN FRANCE OVER WWII BOMB (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Sunday, November 23, 2014, 22:53

A discovery of a massive 250-kilogram British bomb, hidden in the ground since World War II, caused the evacuation of 3,000 people in the French city of Rennes.

The device was found by construction workers, involved in the building of a subway line in the city’s center, not far from the Rennes town hall.

The bomb was packed with 70 kilograms of explosives material and the experts faced a very “delicate operation” to disarm it, Nathalie Appere, city’s mayor, told AFP.

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