Hong Kong police evacuated 6,000 people from a densely populated residential and commercial neighborhood late Friday night after construction workers unearthed an undetonated World War II bomb, authorities said. The 1,000-pound explosive was discovered in the Hong Kong island neighborhood of Quarry Bay after it was likely dropped by U.S. Army forces eight decades ago during its efforts to liberate the city from Japanese occupation, according to a police statement .

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