Experts have defused six unexploded World War II bombs in a northern German town. The operation forced authorities to evacuate about 15,000 residents.
The bombs in Langenhagen, just outside Hannover, were dropped by British planes during the war. They were located with the help of aerial photographs.
Langenhagen's town council says on its Web site that the bombs were defused without major difficulties over a three-hour period. Residents, who were asked to leave their homes on Sunday morning, were then allowed back.
Unexploded bombs from World War II are still found frequently in Germany, 64 years after the conflict ended. Disposing of them sometimes involves precautionary evacuations like Sunday's.
