Berlin set for mass evacuation as World War II bomb is defused

A large-scale evacuation is to take place in Berlin today to allow experts to defuse a World War Two bomb.Buildings will be cleared in a 2,625 feet radius from the construction site where the bomb was discovered. 

Thousands of unexploded bombs from the 1939-45 war are found every year. 

Police said there is no immediate danger



from the 500-kilogram British bomb, which was found on Heidestrasse last Wednesday.

According to police, the area to be cleared includes Berlin Hauptbahnhof - the central railway station, an army hospital, the economy and transport ministries and the embassies of Indonesia and Uzbekistan.