Frankfurt to evacuate 60,000 people to defuse wartime bomb

City authorities in Frankfurt plan to evacuate more than 60,000 people from their homes on Sunday to defuse a Second World War bomb found during construction work.

The 1.8-ton bomb of a type dropped by British bombers during the war was unearthed on Tuesday and contains 1.4 tons of explosives, city councillor Markus Frank said.