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Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Discovery of suspected World War II bomb in London leads to closure of two bridges

The bomb has since been disposed of and the bridges reopened.

BRITAIN’S ROYAL NAVY has disposed of a suspected World War II bomb discovered in London’s River Thames close to parliament, which led to the closure of two bridges.

“Victoria Embankment has now reopened after police and the Royal Navy worked together to remove a suspected WWII ordnance,” London’s Metropolitan Police said in a statement.

Police were called at 5.15pm yesterday evening to reports of a suspected WWII bomb.

The involvement of the armed forces came hours after police temporarily evacuated Westminster underground station, which serves the Houses of Parliament.

Second World War bomb found in Thames A police launch passes a barge moored on the River Thames in central London following the discovery of the bomb. Jonathan Brady Jonathan Brady

The rush hour shutdown also saw the closure of Westminster Bridge, in the shadow of parliament’s Big Ben clock, and Waterloo Bridge, both of which have since reopened.

The ordnance was spotted after coming to the surface of the water in the tidal flow of the Thames, a police spokesman told AFP.

It was found in the river by Victoria Embankment, close to Horse Guards Avenue where the Old War Office Building is located, which was used by the British government during World War II and was bombed.

More than 12,000 metric tonnes of bombs were dropped on the British capital during the war, according to London’s Imperial War Museum.

© – AFP, 2017

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    @Mjhint: rehabillitation ! What a word …. these characters who borrow diggers to take money from atms can not be rehabillitated. Their rared this way, a little bit of jail is no problem for them.

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    That’s a forklift, not a digger

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