This article was published by The Independent:
The Italian army carried out the controlled detonation of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War era that was found in the dried-up river, Po.
Footage shows the crews carefully conducting the explosion of the US-manufactured bomb on Sunday (7 August), after 3,000 locals were evacuated.
Fishermen discovered the 1,000-pound device on the bank of the river in the small northern town of Borgo Virgilio, near Mantua, on 25 July.
Italy had been facing a severe drought at the time, which led to the water levels in the Po sinking, exposing the bomb.
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