German explosives experts successfully defused and disposed of a 500kg bomb Sunday (local time) in the country's financial capital Frankfurt, which was dropped during World War II and discovered during recent construction.
About 13,000 residents were evacuated from the city's Gallus district and trains were stopped from running through the area as Hesse state experts went to work on the bomb.
The bomb was found during construction Thursday and experts had estimated they would need at least six hours to defuse it, but they were able to complete their work in under two hours, a local German news agency reported.
![A subway station in Frankfurt, Germany. About 13,000 residents were evacuated from the city's Gallus district while state experts went to work on the bomb. Photo / AP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/VEBXBARD7INP4YUB6UT4TBLN44.jpg?auth=f865f275536ecc73ede63ec38c461152a17c084453a85f9d16079aa32a51238b&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)