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A defused World War II bomb sits securely after its removal alongside a rail line near Berlin's central railway station Wednesday, April 3. The 220-pound device was a Russian aerial bomb dropped during the war, police said. Many unexploded bombs dropped by the Allies remain undiscovered in Berlin and other German cities nearly seven decades later.
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A police officer closes off the entrance to the Hauptbahnhof, the central rail station, on April 3. A bomb disposal team checking out a construction site near the station discovered the bomb, and roads were closed overnight. BRITTA PEDERSEN/epa/LANDOV
Police stand by April 3 near the unexploded bomb as they await disposal experts. TOBIAS SCHWARZ/reuters/LANDOV
Experts from the bomb disposal team and a police officer stand in a pit next to railway tracks. Some train services were delayed, said a spokesman for German railway operator Deutsche Bahn. MARC TIRL/DPA/LANDOV
Police stand guard as residents leave their houses April 3 following the bomb's discovery. More than 800 people were evacuated before a bomb disposal crew set to work to remove the device's mechanical fuse. TOBIAS SCHWARZ/reuters/LANDOV
Joerg Neumann of the bomb disposal team poses next to the defused bomb. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
