The News Minute | November 4, 2014 | 12:20 pm IST

A bomb from World War II was discovered in Ramersdorf -- a district in Munich -- before being defused, police announced Monday.

The 250-kg explosive device dating from the war period had a mechanical igniter, according to the police, Xinhua reported.

About 1,500 residents working and living in houses within a radius of 500 metres were evacuated before 6 p.m., when experts began the bomb's removal.

A nearby highway was partly closed because of the removal but has since reopened.

Munich, the capital and largest city in Bavaria state, was severely damaged in the Second World War.

IANS