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16,000 evacuated in Frankfurt to defuse WWII bomb

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Video. 16,000 evacuated in Frankfurt to defuse WWII bomb

Updated: 08/07/2019 - 11:58 GMT+2

16,000 people were evacuated from an area of Frankfurt to allow for an unexploded WWII bomb to be defused.

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