May 14, 2021 | 20:02 (GMT+7)
Son La provincial sapper force handles wartime bomb
PANO - Sappers from the Son La provincial Military Command, together with the Moc Chau district’s Military Command, have safely detonated a 350kg bomb.
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The bomb is moved to a safe place for detonation. Photo: baosonla |
Earlier, on May 10, Nguyen Van Bo, a native of Chieng Son commune, Moc Chau district found a metal object suspected of a bomb while constructing his house.
Upon receiving the information, the provincial Military Command sent its sapper force to guard the site.
The object was identified as a 350kg bomb dropped by the French Army during the Vietnamese resistance war against French invaders. It has a diameter of 0.4m and a length of 1 meter
Then, the military engineers teamed up with the Moc Chau district’s Military Command and local authorities to move the bomb to a safe place for detonation.
Translated by Quynh Oanh