Mass Evacuation Underway in German City Over WWII Bombs
Thousands of people had to evacuate Sunday in the western Germany city of Dortmund as experts prepared to defuse as many as four bombs from World War II.
An excavator works at one of the suspected bomb sites in Dortmund on Jan 12.
Photographer: Henning Kaiser/picture alliance via Getty Images
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Berlin (AP) -- Two World War II bombs were successfully defused in the western German city of Dortmund on Sunday, hours after thousands of people were evacuated from the surrounding area, officials said.
The bombs were 250-kilogram (330-pound) American and British bombs. Authorities initially thought they had detected four bombs, but later clarified that only two were found.