<p>Bomb disposal experts successfully detonated a 250 kg World War-II bomb in a western Germany city after about 5,000 people were evacuated late Thursday evening, a city spokesman said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bomb was found Thursday in Cologne during construction work near the Uni-Centre, a 45-storey apartment building housing about 2,000 people, reported Xinhua.<br /><br />Because of the tricky construction of the fuse, bomb disposal experts had to opt for a controlled detonation of the bomb, and residents within a radius of 300 metres of the site were evacuated.<br /><br />Media reports said another World War-II bomb was successfully defused almost at the same time in Neuss, about 40 km northwest of Cologne. More than 1,800 people were evacuated.<br /><br />Thousands of unexploded bombs are still believed to be buried in Germany.<br /><br />On Jan 3, a construction worker manning a digger was killed when he accidentally struck a bomb during excavation work in Euskirchen in Germany's western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.</p>
<p>Bomb disposal experts successfully detonated a 250 kg World War-II bomb in a western Germany city after about 5,000 people were evacuated late Thursday evening, a city spokesman said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The bomb was found Thursday in Cologne during construction work near the Uni-Centre, a 45-storey apartment building housing about 2,000 people, reported Xinhua.<br /><br />Because of the tricky construction of the fuse, bomb disposal experts had to opt for a controlled detonation of the bomb, and residents within a radius of 300 metres of the site were evacuated.<br /><br />Media reports said another World War-II bomb was successfully defused almost at the same time in Neuss, about 40 km northwest of Cologne. More than 1,800 people were evacuated.<br /><br />Thousands of unexploded bombs are still believed to be buried in Germany.<br /><br />On Jan 3, a construction worker manning a digger was killed when he accidentally struck a bomb during excavation work in Euskirchen in Germany's western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.</p>