May 31, 2018 | 21:42 (GMT+7)
French-era bomb safely detonated in Yen Bai
PANO - Military engineers of the Yen Bai Provincial Military Command on May 30 detonated a 150kg bomb left in A Thuong village, Nghia Phuc commune, Nghia Lo town by the French force during the war.
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The 150kg bomb left by the French during the war |
The 1m long bomb was found on May 27 when the family of Nguyen Thi Thuyen in A Thuong village, Nghia Phuc commune, Nghia Lo town, were clearing the land in their house’s backyard.
The bomb had been used by the French colonists in wartime before 1954.
As the site was close to a residential area, the local military command had to move the bomb away to a remote area for detonation.
Translated by Lam Anh