10,000 evacuate in Berlin for Second World War-era bomb removal

Source: The Associated Press, October 3, 2017 

BERLIN — Some 10,000 people were evacuated from their homes in western Berlin, trains were stopped and a main highway was blocked so specialists could remove a Second World War-era bomb discovered during construction work.

Specialists defused the 250-kilogram (550-pound) bomb successfully early Tuesday in the Tempelhof-Schoeneberg district of the German capital.

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Image source: In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 2, 2017, a police car blocks the entrance of the city train station Inssbrucker Platz in Berlin, Germany. (dpa via AP / Bernd Settnik)

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