2nd wartime bomb unearthed in HK
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HONG Kong police sealed off part of a busy downtown neighborhood yesterday after an unexploded wartime bomb was found just days after a similar one was discovered in the city.
The latest bomb was unearthed during construction work. Explosive ordinance disposal officers deployed to the scene in the city’s Wan Chai district were working to stabilize and defuse it yesterday.
Police diverted traffic, while shops and offices in surrounding towers were closed for the rest of the day and the ferry service at a nearby pier was halted.
Bomb disposal experts identified it as an American-made 1,000 pound general purpose bomb, the same type as one defused just days earlier at the site for a cross-harbor commuter rail link.
“However, there are some additional challenges” this time, said bomb disposal officer Alick McWhirter. “The bomb is in dangerous condition. The fuse mechanism is severely damaged.”
He added that the bomb’s position, embedded in the side of a slope, made access difficult and the bomb disposal team was preparing to carry out stabilization and disposal operations overnight.
Both bombs are believed to have been dropped by planes during World War II, when Hong Kong was the scene of fighting between Allied and Japanese occupation forces.
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