Photo: DPAAt least 60,000 people will be forced from their homes in central Frankfurt on Sunday, as Germany begins an operation to defuse a huge unexploded World War II bomb dubbed "blockbuster". It will be the biggest evacuation of its kind in post-war Germany, Frankfurt's security chief Markus Frank said. Police have since been guarding the bomb site, which is close to the city centre and just some 2.5 kilometres north of the main Zeil shopping area. The massive bomb in question is an HC 4000, a high capacity explosive used in air raids by Britain's Royal Air Force during World War II and contains 1.4 tonnes of explosives. READ ALSO: Everything you need to know about WWII bomb disposals in Germany

Source: The Local September 03, 2017 06:33 UTC