The Associated Press
LONDON–A British Army bomb disposal team has been called in to dispose of a 500-pound World War II bomb found buried on a building site in northwest London.
Schools, businesses, and homes were evacuated and roads closed as experts from the Army’s Royal Engineers worked from early today to make the German bomb safe.
London was heavily-bombed in the war, especially during the “blitz” of 1940 and 1941, which concentrated on civilian and industrial targets.
Unexploded devices still are uncovered occasionally.
The bomb was found yesterday by construction workers clearing the site in preparation for putting up an apartment block.
Some residents living near the site spent the night in a local church while the engineers worked.
