25,000 evacuated after WWII bomb found in German city

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FRANKFURT, Germany (AFP) — Thousands of people, some of them shaken, were evacuated Wednesday from a neighbourhood of Germany’s financial capital Frankfurt following the discovery of a massive World War II bomb. City authorities said 25,000 people were evacuated from the densely populated Nordend area after the 500 kilogram bomb was unearthed during construction work. Bomb disposal teams are due to detonate the explosive once they cover it with soil, the authorities said. People sheltering […]