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Experts carry out controlled explosion on WW2 German bomb in County Down
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More than 400 homes evacuated before 500kg bomb was blown up, decades after it was dropped by Luftwaffe
Police and army experts have carried out a controlled explosion on a second world war bomb discovered in Newtownards, County Down, more than 80 years after it was dropped from a German plane.
A plume of smoke rose over the Northern Irish town on Tuesday after a loud bang at 3.38pm signalled the destruction of the 500kg (1,100lb) bomb.
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