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Italian city evacuated after discovery of bomb dating back to World War II

December 17, 2019

More than 50,000 people were made to leave Brindisi in Southern Italy.

An Italian city’s been evacuated after the discovery of a bomb dating back to World War II.

More than 50,000 people were made to leave Brindisi in Southern Italy, where soldiers created a red zone around the bomb’s location.

It’s believed it was dropped by the British in 1941 and contained 40 kilograms of dynamite.

The explosive was found during renovations of a local cinema. Experts used a robotic machine to defuse it.

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