World War II-era bomb found in HK dismantled
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Hong Kong police has disabled a World War II-era bomb found on Thursday at a construction site on Hong Kong Island, ending a 17-hour cordon off of the surrounding area.
A police bomb disposal team managed to dismantle the device — an AN-M66, which contained 454 kilograms of explosives.
The 908 kilogram bomb is the largest unexploded World War II-era device that has been unearthed in Hong Kong, police said yesterday.
It took police two hours and 20 minuets to remove the live explosives from the bomb casing, which was longer than expected, said Yuen Honwing, senior bomb disposal officer of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau.
“We dare not risk moving the bomb. It could cause severe damage within a radius of 10 meters, and buildings might collapse instantly,” Yuen said.
More than 2,000 people were evacuated after the bomb was found by construction workers who were digging an underground hotel structure near the Cosmo Hotel in Happy Valley on Thursday afternoon.
Yuen said initial investigations showed that the bomb was left by US armed forces when they were bombing Japanese military facilities during World War II.
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