06:18 AEST Fri Jun 6 2008
Bomb disposal experts have been called to the site of an unexploded World War II device found in a river in London's East End.
Businesses within a 200-metre area were evacuated and part of the London Underground system disrupted after the bomb was discovered at Sugar House Lane, near Bromley-by-Bow Tube station and the 2012 Olympic site, on Monday.
Police commander Simon O'Brien said the device was the size of a man and weighed about 1,000kg.
"This is the largest World War II bomb to be discovered in the past three decades," he said.
"Royal Engineers and partner agencies have been incredibly heroic and have worked extremely hard to defuse the bomb.
"We're all working to resolve this issue with minimum disruption to Londoners as soon as possible."
The bomb had started to tick and ooze liquid at one stage, but stopped when treated by disposal experts.
A police spokesman said it was expected the bomb would be disarmed on Friday or Saturday.
source: http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=575660
