Police evacuate 6,500 in Paris to defuse WW2 bomb

[Swede]

French police evacuated 6,500 people on Sunday from a Paris suburb in order to defuse a World War Two bomb recently found on a construction site.

The unexploded, 500 kg (1,100 lb) British bomb was discovered on Jan. 27 during works on a site where a Renault car factory once stood in Paris’ western Boulogne-Billancourt suburb, local police said.

Authorities evacuated residents in the vicinity as a safety precaution even though the bomb was not considered dangerous. They were able to return to their homes shortly after mid-day.

http://soccernews.bigsoccer.com/article/063D80A1hq8bw?q=Paris

[aquart]

1. Sensible.

[tabasco]

2. That's a big bomb.

A WWII bomber could only carry about 15 of them.

[Angry Dragon]

3. Just goes to show that the scars of war last a long time... 70 years