One injured in Okinawa UXB blast

Antipodean Andy · Jan 14, 2009

Worker injured by WWII bomb blast | World Breaking News | News.com.au

A JAPANESE man has been severely injured by a World War II bomb that accidentally went off while he was working on an underground pipe, fire officials say.
The accident happened today in Okinawa, which witnessed the Pacific war's fiercest battle nearly 64 years ago, the officials said.

Jun Kohagura, 25, was working on an underground water pipe on the subtropical island when the bomb went off, seriously injuring him in the face.

"He was brought to hospital where he remains conscious. But his condition is not good as his injuries are so terrible that a piece of his flesh was found on the ground at the scene,'' fire department official Atsushi Kakazu said.

The explosion was strong enough to shatter the glass of a nearby nursing home in the city of Itowan.

A 72-year-old man was lightly injured but did not need hospital care, the fire department said.

Leftover bombs are periodically found across Japan, even in highly developed Tokyo, but they rarely cause injuries.

Okinawa was the bloodiest battle of the Pacific war, with US forces unleashing an 83-day air and amphibious assault dubbed by locals the "Typhoon of Steel.''

An estimated 10,000 tonnes of unexploded munition were left in Okinawa after the war.

About 4,500 tonnes remained by the time the US returned Okinawa to Japan in 1972.

Since then, Japan's armed forces have removed another 1,500 tonnes but it is expected to take 80 years or more to remove remaining dud bombs, Okinawa-based military spokesman Masatomo Takazato said.
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war hawk · Jan 14, 2009

I am suprised to see that. I am a little suprised that they still can go off . vI feel sory for him and my prayeras will be with him.

Antipodean Andy · Jan 14, 2009

WH, scroll through the old news stories on here and you'll see that it happens quite regularly. However, fortunately, more UXBs seem to be disarmed than go off each year.

war hawk · Jan 14, 2009

Antipodean Andy said: ↑

WH, scroll through the old news stories on here and you'll see that it happens quite regularly. However, fortunately, more UXBs seem to be disarmed than go off each year.
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Okay yeah, I also read it happoens alot on the internet.:hungry::hat:op2:

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