Venice shuts down for WWII-era bomb
A Venice port area was evacuated yesterday morning as a World War II-era bomb was defused and set to be exploded in the sea. The operation in the port of Marghera, a mostly industrial area separated from the tourist city by water, required the evacuation of about 3,500 residents beginning in the early morning. The bomb, which weighed about 225 kilos (500 pounds) and contained about 129 kilos of TNT, was discovered during an excavation to fix sewer lines in January.
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