An unexploded World War II bomb discovered in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki was defused on Sunday after a delicate operation that triggered the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents.
“The bomb’s detonator has been removed,” a police spokesman said as the 153-kilogram explosive was defused.
A special unit of the army had completed the task by midday. It will now be taken to a safe area outside the city.
The bomb was found at a depth of 5 metres near a petrol station in a densely populated area not far from the northern city’s busy port.
Regional Governor Apostolos Tzitzikostas told broadcasters that the bomb’s discovery had prompted the biggest peacetime evacuation in Greece’s…
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