Video provided by French police shows the controlled detonation of a large bomb dating from the Second World War in Colombes. After attempts to remove the bomb’s detonator failed at midday, authorities buried it and later destroyed it in a controlled detonation.
Le préfet a invité les habitants à rejoindre leur domicile après cet «événement unique, exceptionnel». L’engin découvert le 10 avril à Colombes a été détruit par explosion ce dimanche, les spécialistes n’ayant pas réussi à extraire le détonateur de l’engin.
Thousands of residents in Colombes, a northern suburb of Paris, were evacuated on Sunday as bomb disposal experts safely detonated a World War Two bomb discovered during construction work last month. The 1,000lb device was found on Rue des Champarons on April 10 and rendered safe in a controlled explosion at 15:20, with authorities lifting the evacuation order shortly after 16:00. Nearly 800 police officers were deployed to enforce the 450m exclusion zone, while a second 1km zone allowed residents to remain indoors. The operation marks another in a series of WWII bomb discoveries across Europe, including dozens found in London in recent years.
L’opération de déminage d’une bombe découverte le 10 avril à Colombes a pris un tour plus complexe dimanche : les spécialistes n’ont pas réussi à extraire le détonateur de l’engin.
