Military personnel of the Hellenic Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team stand at the site of the bomb in Kordelio. Pic/AFP Thessaloniki: Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki evacuated an estimated 75,000 people yesterday so army experts could defuse a 227-kg unexploded World War II bomb found under a gas station.
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Authorities in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki evacuated an estimated 75 000 people on Sunday so army experts could defuse a 227kg unexploded World War II bomb found under a petrol station. The evacuation started at 07:00 .
The biggest evacuation plan in peacetime in Greece is underway. Six bomb squat specialists are to remove the bomb’s detonator and then the WWII bomb which was found in the Kordelios area in Thessaloniki.
Greece evacuates 75,000 people to defuse WWII bomb
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Huge bomb find sparks Greek city’s mass evacuation
A huge bomb has been found in the Greek city of Thessaloniki, and authorities are scrambling to move about 75,000 people so it can be defused. Bomb disposal experts are to tackle the 500-pound unexploded World War II shell, found buried beneath a gas station, in an operation expected to last about six hours.
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