German authorities detonate 550-pound WWII bomb
Explosives experts in Germany have detonated the remains of a 550-pound World War II bomb in central Munich.The dapd news agency cited a police spokesman as saying the bomb was successfully destroyed Tuesday evening. Still, burning debris caused fires in several nearby buildings that had been evacuated after the bomb was discovered Monday in the Schwabing district.
Efforts to defuse the bomb failed and experts decided to pack it with explosives and detonate it rather than risk an uncontrolled explosion. (AP)
