One killed, eight wounded as World War II bomb explodes in Germany

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A technical excavator triggered an unexploded World War II bomb hidden under the earth in Germany on Friday, killing the driver and injuring eight other people at a building site, police said.Two of these injured were seriously hurt in the explosion in the city of Euskirchen near the city of Bonn.Unexploded devices dating back again to the bombardment of Germany during World War II are frequently found. Most local authorities have teams working full-time to detect and defuse them.