Frankfurt, September 4, 2017 : German bomb experts successfully defused a massive World War II bomb in the financial capital of Frankfurt on Sunday after nearly 65,000 people were evacuated to safety.
The 1.4 ton British bomb was found at a construction site last week.
Police on Sunday cordoned off a 1.5 kilometer radius around the bomb, leading to the largest evacuation in Germany since the end of World War II.
Helicopters with heat seeking devices scoured the area before the bomb experts began their work.
Among the evacuees were more than 100 patients from two hospitals, including people in intensive-care.
Experts had warned that if the bomb exploded, it would be powerful enough to flatten a whole street.
More than 2,000 tons of live bombs and munitions are discovered each year in Germany, more than 70 years after the end of the war. British and American warplanes pummeled the country with 1.5 million tons of bombs that killed 600,000 people.
German officials estimate that 15 percent of the bombs failed to explode. (VOA)