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Hundreds evacuated as WWII bomb found in Polish city

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Paweł Kononczuk 21.07.2017 13:38
At least 500 people were evacuated on Friday after an unexploded bomb from WWII was found in the south-western Polish city of Wrocław.
Wrocław. Photo: Danuta B. / fotopolska.eu [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia CommonsWrocław. Photo: Danuta B. / fotopolska.eu [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

The bomb weighs 250 kilograms and is over a metre long, Poland’s IAR news agency reported.

One of the Wrocław’s main thoroughfares -- Legnicka street -- was to be shut down as the bomb was set to be taken away to a military firing range.

Police said at least 500 people had been evacuated from homes and offices near the site where the device was discovered.

(pk)

Source: IAR

tags: WWII
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