Video. WWII bomb destroyed in controlled explosion in Paris

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WWII bomb destroyed in controlled explosion in Paris

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Video provided by French police shows the controlled detonation of a large bomb dating from the Second World War in Colombes. After attempts to remove the bomb’s detonator failed at midday, authorities buried it and later destroyed it in a controlled detonation.

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