Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in Munich as experts today tried to defuse a 550lb Allied bomb dropped on the city during WW2. The undetonated explosive was found beneath ground at the site of the former Schwabinger 7 nightclub, a hangout of the Rolling Stones in the 1970s. Bomb disposal teams fear its complex chemical fuse could trigger a repeat of the 2010 tragedy when three experts were killed in a blast in another German city. Scroll down for video Deadly: Bomb disposal expert Diethard Posorski next to the 550lb bomb discovered in Munich Close up: The bomb, which was dropped by either American and British planes in either 1944 or 1945
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2,500 people living within 1,000 yards of the explosive ordered to evacuate
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Unknown whether bomb is American or British as both forces used payload
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Fears complex fuse may trigger repeat of 2010 blast that killed three experts
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Unexploded bomb is one of 2,500 estimated to be buried in Munich
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Unusual to find bomb in such an heavily populated area
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