[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: WWII bomb blast in Thailand

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

At least seven dead, 19 injured after WWII bomb blast in Thailand

Australia News Network
April 3, 2014

At least seven people died and 19 others were injured when a massive World War II bomb exploded at a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok as workers tried to cut it open, officials said.

The 225-kilogram bomb was found at a construction site by builders, who then sold it to a 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"The workers at the warehouse thought the bomb was no longer active so they used a metal cutter to cut into it causing the explosion," local police commander Virasak Foythong said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-02/an-at-least-seven-dead2c-19-injured-after-wwii-bomb-blast-in-t/5363168

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Lenny Siegel
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