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| Subject: Deadly statist leftovers: Seven dead after scrap metal workers cut open WWII bomb in Bangkok Wed Apr 02, 2014 11:11 pm | |
| At least seven people died and 19 others have been injured when a massive World War II bomb exploded at a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok as workers tried to cut it open, officials say.
The 225-kilogram shell was found at a construction site by builders who then sold it to a suburban scrap metal merchant believing the bomb had been defused.
"The workers at the warehouse thought the bomb was no longer active so they used a metal cutter to cut into it causing the explosion," said local police commander Virasak Foythong, adding the ordnance was probably left over from the war era.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/seven-dead-after-scrap-metal-workers-cut-open-wwii-bomb-in-bangkok-20140403-zqpwf.html#ixzz2xmzi8RuK |
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