Croatian authorities halted traffic, blasted emergency sirens and evacuated part of the historic port city of Rijeka on Sunday so they could detonate a massive Nazi ship mine found still buried in the seabed.
Croatian police released videos of the complex and dangerous operation that showed divers fixing straps to the 1,500-pound piece of aged World War II ordnance so it could be moved.
Another video showed the distant explosion of the device that sent a tremendous plume of seawater skyward.
The anti-ship mine was found in June near the port on the Adriatic Sea.
Officials moved it further away from the city before detonating it with a special police unit.
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