Thousands Evacuated As 1,000-Kg NATO Bomb Removed From Serbian City

The bomb was successfully removed from a construction site in the neighbourhood of Nis.

Experts on Sunday removed a bomb left over in a southern Serbian city from the 1999 NATO bombing of the country, prompting the evacuation of more than a thousand residents, officials said.

The 1,000-kilo (2,200-pound) bomb was successfully removed from a construction site in the neighbourhood of Nis, an interior ministry official said.

"It is being transported to a safe location where it will be destroyed", official Luka Causic told reporters.

Before the removal of the bomb, 1,300 residents of the area where it was found were evacuated for their safety, he added.