Paris: Bomb disposal experts carried out a detonation of a World War II bomb near Paris, after authorities evacuated thousands of residents Sunday. Nearly 800 police cordoned off the site in the northwest suburb of Colombes as specialists tried but failed in one bid to remove the detonator from the explosive, which was first discovered on April 10, police said.

According to Qatar News Agency, experts planned to detonate the bomb in a two-metre (6.5-foot) deep pit. Unexploded World War II ordnance is still found across Europe, particularly in Germany where bombs are regularly discovered on construction sites, 80 years after the conflict ended.

In 2025, the discovery of a 500-kilogramme wartime bomb halted traffic at the Paris Gare du Nord station, France's busiest railway terminus.