Second World War bomb found in Hong Kong building site

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Police have defused a Second World War bomb that was found at a building site in Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district.

Officials said the unexploded American 1,000-pound (450kg) bomb, found by a construction worker on Thursday, was the third dug up at the site since January.

Police move the bomb in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong (Kin Cheung/AP)
Police move the bomb in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong (Kin Cheung/AP)

The bombs are believed to have been dropped when the then-British colony was the scene of fighting between Allied and Japanese occupation forces.

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