THOUSANDS of people have been forced to leave their homes after a British World War 2 bomb was found in a German city. Around 17,000 people have been evacuated from the eastern city of Dresden

Some 17,000 people had to be evacuated from the area surrounding Dresden's Carola bridge following the discovery of a British-made World War II bomb, the police said on Wednesday. There were significant disruptions during the Wednesday morning commute in the eastern German city,

LONDON -- Thousands of people were evacuated from the center of the east German city of Dresden on Wednesday, as authorities there prepared to defuse a World War II bomb discovered near one of the bridges spanning the Elbe River.

A chunk of central Dresden was cleared out Wednesday morning after a 550-pound British World War II bomb was found near a busy bridge—still armed with a detonator. Authorities ordered the evacuation of a roughly 3,

A World War II bomb unearthed during cleanup at Dresden's collapsed Carola Bridge prompted the evacuation of about 17,000 residents from the German city's Old Town on Wednesday. Authorities cleared the area—including the Frauenkirche,

Around 80 years after the war, Germany remains littered with unexploded bombs, often uncovered during construction work.