2,500 evacuated to defuse WWII bomb in Japan
About 2,500 people in this southern Japanese province have been evacuated while bomb disposal experts work.
Bomb experts in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan today (January 20) successfully neutralized a bomb left over from the end of World War II.
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| Close-up of the bomb that forced thousands of people to evacuate. (Photo: NHK) |
About 2,500 people in this southern Japanese province have been evacuated while bomb disposal experts work.
The 50kg bomb, about 70cm long, was discovered last November at a hotel construction site in downtown Naha.
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force successfully removed the bomb's detonator. The mission was completed safely within 40 minutes. The bomb is believed to have been dropped by a US fighter plane during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945./.
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