2,500 people evacuated to defuse World War II bombs in Japan.
Approximately 2,500 residents in this southern Japanese prefecture were evacuated while demining experts carried out their work.
Bomb disposal experts in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, successfully defused an unexploded bomb left over from the end of World War II today (January 20).
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| A close-up view of the bomb that forced thousands to evacuate. (Photo: NHK) |
Approximately 2,500 residents in this southern Japanese prefecture were evacuated while demining experts carried out their work.
This 50kg bomb, approximately 70cm long, was discovered last November at a hotel construction site in downtown Naha.
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force successfully defused the bomb. The mission was completed safely within 40 minutes. This bomb is believed to have been dropped by a US fighter plane during the Battle of Okinawa in 1945.
