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RENNES, France – Three thousand people were evacuated from their homes in the centre of the French city of Rennes Sunday, November 23, while a huge British bomb from World War II was defused.
The 250-kilogram (550-pound) bomb was found near the city’s town hall during the building of a new metro line in the capital of the Brittany region of western France, mayor Nathalie Appere told Agence France-Presse (AFP).
She said it was packed with 70 kilos of high explosives and police bomb disposal experts faced a very “delicate operation” to disarm it.
Police evacuated all homes and businesses within 270 metres (yards) of the scene, including a fire station and 90 residents of a home for the elderly while the operation took place.
Rennes, a major railway junction, was the target of several raids by Britain’s RAF during the war, including a major attack in 1944. – Rappler.com
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