HK police disables WWII bomb in downtown

A bomb disposal vehicle parks at the venue where a suspected World War II bomb was found by construction workers who were digging underground structure for a hotel on Queen's Road East in Hong Kong island, south China's Hong Kong, Feb 6, 2014. (Xinhua/Li Peng)

Hong Kong police announced Friday that it has successfully disabled a bomb left in the World War II discovered on Thursday at a construction site on Hong Kong Island, ending a 17-hour cordon off of the surrounding area.

Early this morning a police bomb disposal team managed to dismantle the device -- an AN-M66, which contained 1,000 pounds of explosives. The 2,000-pound bomb is the largest unexploded World War II-era device that has been unearthed in Hong Kong, local police said.

More than 2,000 people were evacuated after the bomb was found by construction workers who were digging an underground hotel structure near the Cosmo Hotel in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island on Thursday afternoon.

1,000 evacuated after largest WWII bomb found in HK

More than 1,000 people were evacuated after a World War II bomb was found by construction workers who were digging an underground hotel structure near the Cosmo Hotel in Happy Valley on the Hong Kong Island on Thursday. >>>