City partly evacuated after wartime bomb discovered

Local authorities have evacuated some 20,000 people in the Normandy city of Caen so technicians can defuse a 1,100-pound bomb dropped by American forces during World War II.

Local authorities have evacuated some 20,000 people in the Normandy city of Caen so technicians can defuse a 1,100-pound bomb dropped by American forces during World War II.

The unexploded bomb was found at the end of January by workers building a language centre at Caen University.

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