2000 evacuated for WWII bombs in Poland

More 2000 people have been evacuated to allow navy experts to remove three World War II bombs from the Baltic Sea bed at the Polish vacation resort of Kolobrzeg.

Local navy unit spokesman Jacek Kwiatkowski said another metal object - possibly another bomb - was found as experts were preparing to take the bombs to a test range for controlled detonation.

Each bomb weights some 300kg and their impact radius is estimated at some two kilometres.

Dariusz Trzeciak, a Kolobrzeg city official, said 2000 residents and 200 vacationers have been evacuated.

Kolobrzeg was part of Germany during the WWII and was the site of fierce fighting in the conflict's last phase.