A suspected second world war bomb discovered in Exeter will be detonated, police have confirmed.
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in the city while authorities investigated the device, according to police.
A 400-metre (1,300-ft) cordon was in place on Saturday morning, with 2,600 homes evacuated on Friday evening and Saturday.
The device was found on a building site on private land close to the university campus on Glenthorne Road on Friday morning, and the Royal Navy bomb disposal team worked through the night to build a walled mitigation structure around the area. The examination and detonation of the device was passed to experts at the army’s Royal Logistics Corps.
UPDATE: Suspected unexploded WW2 bomb discovered near Exeter University to be detonated by this evening https://t.co/TcTYz76D1H pic.twitter.com/XdTmWGWFTP
— Devon & Cornwall Police (@DC_Police) February 27, 2021
UPDATE: Major incident, Exeter – More than 2,000 homes are being evacuated this morning in preparation for the detonation of a suspected WW2 bomb by the Army, discovered at a building site on Glenthorne Road yesterday https://t.co/WyEitf9bis pic.twitter.com/dKaRf3BM3I
— Devon & Cornwall Police (@DC_Police) February 27, 2021
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Source: The Guardian/Devon & Cornwall Police/Twitter