The Russian Consulate General in Hong Kong was evacuated over an American World War II bomb discovered in the Wan Chai district on Thursday, according to a statement of the diplomatic mission on Facebook.
"On May 11, 2018, citizens' reception will be suspended until further notice," it said.
The discovery of the 450-kg bomb prompted an evacuation of people from the northern part of Wan Chai, one of Hong Kong's busiest commercial areas, according to South China Morning Post.
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The disposal operation lasted 20 hours. All nearby buildings were evacuated and roads were blocked, the newspaper wrote.
Local police finished defusing the third #WorldWarII bomb on Friday in the same location in China's #HongKong Special Administrative Region this year https://t.co/3eSGWHqr7t pic.twitter.com/Us5loqK3Qv
— China News 中国新闻网 (@Echinanews) 11 мая 2018 г.
This is the third time when a WWII bomb has been found in the Wan Chai district this year.
In early February, Hong Kong authorities defused another American World War II-era bomb at a harbor front construction site in Wan Chai, after evacuating 4,000 people from the district.
The same week, a US wartime bomb was discovered at the construction site of a new subway line in the area and was also safely disarmed by Hong Kong's disposal squad.
