WW II bomb found in Malate

A World War II-type bomb was discovered by construction workers digging for foundations of a nine-story building in Malate, Manila on Monday.

ABS-CBN News correspondent Maan Macapagal reported that laborers were digging for the foundation of the building on Leon Guinto Street when they noticed a piece of metal protruding from the ground.

When the workers dug deeper, they found that it was actually the tail end of a bomb.

The workers immediately called up the Manila Police District-Explosives and Ordnance Division. Experts confirmed that the explosive was an 81-mm drop munition type used during World War II.

The bomb squad brought the still active vintage bomb to Camp Crame to detonate it.

Meanwhile, workers in Pritil in Tondo district found an M-67 fragmentation hand grenade. The MPD-EOD said the grenade was also used during WW II.

ABS-CBN Interactive

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