Hong Kong police dismantle 'biggest' World War II bomb
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HONG KONG (AFP) - Hong Kong police on Friday successfully dismantled the largest World War II bomb yet found in the city after its discovery on a construction site prompted the evacuation of 2,260 people.
The nearly one-tonne US Navy ANM66 bomb was discovered by building workers late on Thursday in the Happy Valley district, near the city's famous downtown racing track.
"It was the biggest bomb ever found in Hong Kong," a police spokesman told AFP.
Bomb disposal experts took 15 hours to remove the live explosives from the bomb, which was unearthed close to a Sikh temple, hotels and residential housing.