UXB detonated in Hong Kong

Antipodean Andy · Nov 17, 2008

Suspected World War II bomb is blown up by police in Hong Kong : Asia World

Hong Kong - Scores of office workers were evacuated from central Hong Kong Monday as police detonated a suspected Second World War bomb unearthed on a building site. The bomb was discovered on the site of the new government headquarters next to Victoria Harbour on Hong Kong island on Monday morning, police said.

Bomb-disposal experts were called in, the site was cordoned off and a section of the busy harbour-side road closed down while the detonation took place. No one was injured.

Hong Kong was heavily bombed throughout World War II as British and Japanese armies battled for control of the strategically located former colony.

More than 60 years after the war ended, unexploded bombs still turn up fairly regularly. Dozens were found offshore close to where the Disneyland theme park was built on Lantau island before its 2005 opening.
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