Hong Kong: Suspected wartime bomb found in airport site


A suspected wartime bomb was found in a construction site at the airport on Saturday. Police said they were alerted to the discovery around noon.

The force’s bomb-disposal officers arrived at the scene soon afterwards. They detonated the suspected device at around 4pm

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Source:  RTHK News


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