SARAJEVO, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- A World War II bomb was successfully removed from the ground in Bihac, some 300 km northwest from Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) capital on Friday morning, local media reported.

People living in a radius of 100 meters in Bihac's settlement were evacuated to a safe location for the defusing of the bomb.

The bomb was removed by a specialized truck with a hydraulic jack and destroyed early on Friday morning by dropping it in a pit, while security guards were set up in a radius of 1,000 meters from the destruction site, the Federal Administration of Civil Protection (FUCZ) told local media.

The devastating SD250 German-made bomb, more than 70 years old, was found during construction work at a depth of one meter. The bomb weighed 250 kg, of which 79 kg were pure explosives, according to the BiH security ministry's press office.