Thousands of people evacuated in Berlin after WWII bomb reported
                 Source: Xinhua | 2016-08-28 01:03:34 | Editor: huaxia

Photo shows the WWII bomb discovered Friday. (Photo courtesy of Polizei Berlin)

BERLIN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of people were evacuated in Berlin after a bomb from the Second World War was reported Friday.

The bomb disposal action lasted until early Saturday morning with local police saying on Twitter at 1:56 a.m. that "All explosives have been removed. You may go home."

Photo shows the scene after the removal of the explosives inside the WWII bomb discovered Friday. (Photo courtesy of Polizei Berlin)

After the aerial bomb from WWII was found at a construction site in Berlin's northwestern Pankow district Friday, police set up a blocked area, where thousands of people and several buildings including some foreign embassies were evacuated.

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Thousands of people evacuated in Berlin after WWII bomb reported

Source: Xinhua 2016-08-28 01:03:34

Photo shows the WWII bomb discovered Friday. (Photo courtesy of Polizei Berlin)

BERLIN, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Thousands of people were evacuated in Berlin after a bomb from the Second World War was reported Friday.

The bomb disposal action lasted until early Saturday morning with local police saying on Twitter at 1:56 a.m. that "All explosives have been removed. You may go home."

Photo shows the scene after the removal of the explosives inside the WWII bomb discovered Friday. (Photo courtesy of Polizei Berlin)

After the aerial bomb from WWII was found at a construction site in Berlin's northwestern Pankow district Friday, police set up a blocked area, where thousands of people and several buildings including some foreign embassies were evacuated.

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