Thousands of people were evacuated from central Cologne in western Germany on Wednesday following the discovery of three wartime bombs, in what the city authority called the largest such operation since the end of World War Two.

BERLIN: Thousands of people were evacuated from central Cologne in western Germany today following the discovery of three wartime bombs, in what the city authority called the largest such operation since the end of WWII.

Thousands of people were evacuated from central Cologne in western Germany on Wednesday following the discovery of three wartime bombs, in what the city authority called the largest such operation