2014 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2014 10:09:34 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, GLOBAL: WWII bomb blast in Thailand
 
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"The workers at the warehouse thought the bomb was no longer active so they used a metal cutter to cut into it causing the explosion," local police commander Virasak Foythong said.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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