Some 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in northwest France on Sunday as a bomb squad defused a British bomb from World War II, officials said.
The 220-kilogram bomb was found in late June during construction work near the center of Rouen in Normandy.
Residents living within a 270-metre radius of the site were told to leave the area early Sunday ahead of the operation, which wound up shortly after 11am.
{Matzav.com}
