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Thousands of people were forced to vacate a huge neighborhood of Hong Kong overnight, while experts sweated through the delicate work of releasing a bomb of about 5-foot, 1,000 pounds from the Second World War.
The US-made bomb was found at a construction site in Quarry Bay, west side of Hong Kong on Friday, and is not the first bomb from the war found on the island.
We have confirmed this object for a bomb dating for police officer Andy Chan Tin-Chit, a police officer, Andy Chan Tin-Chit. “He said” due to “extraordinary high risks associated with its disposal”, about 1,900 houses involved in 6,000 people were urged to be “rapidly empty.”
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A bomb shell in Hong Kong on Saturday after a settlement operation. (Through Chen Zian/China News Service/VCG Getty Image)
Hong Kong police said in a statement that the 1,000 -pound bomb was a 500 -pound TNT that was dropped by members of the US service during the war, and the bomb experts were to work from around 2 pm to about afternoon on Saturday.
Police said settlement ordinance team “Brav[ed] Typhoon elements “To eliminate the bomb,” neutralize the danger by 11:48 pm
No one was injured.
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In this picture taken in the early hours of Saturday and released by Hong Kong Police, police officers prepare to define a large American-made bomb released from World War II that was discovered at a construction site in Hong Kong. (Hong Kong Police through AP)
“Given the high risks involved in the handling of the bomb, officials of our #EXplosiveordnancedisposal (#Eod) Bureau Bureau believe that it is still in good condition- #HKPF prepared an emergency withdrawal plan on the search of the bomb by workers at a construction site at number 16-94 of Fpan Hoi Street.
In 2018, experts defined another WWII bomb found at a construction site in Hong Kong’s trade district. Its weight was also 1,000 pounds and a third bomb was dug from January of that year.
Thousands of people were forced to vacate a huge neighborhood of Hong Kong overnight, while experts sweated through the delicate work of releasing a bomb of about 5-foot, 1,000 pounds from the Second World War. (Hong Kong Police through AP)
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Hong Kong was captured by Japanese forces during the war and was targeted by the US there.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
