WWII Bomb Found
Associated Press
FRANKFURT, West Germany —
Workers digging a subway tunnel unearthed a U.S. World War II bomb beneath the Frankfurt Zoo, forcing closure of the popular site while experts disarmed the device, officials said Thursday.
The 1,100-pound bomb had two functional detonaters and was defused at the site by demolition experts, Hesse state officials said.
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