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More WW2 bomb finds
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June has been a very busy month for SafeLane's research team working on BombRisk reports, and for its explosive ordnance disposal experts.
Each news story opens in a new window - click to explore the latest finds of ordnance from Wrexham to Vietnam...
WW2 bomb finds in the UK in June:
29th May 2019 – homes evacuated after unexploded shell found in back garden in Wrexham, Wales
30th May 2019 – Homes evacuated after suspected WWII device found in Winsford, Cheshire
3rd June 2019 – Unexploded WWII bomb discovered in Kennington, London
7th June 2019 – Suspected WWII ordnance found in Herne Hill, London
7th June 2019 – Unexploded WWII bomb closes roads in Kings Hill, Kent
14th June 2019 – Primary School evacuated in Cliffe, Kent, after a pupil brings in a hand grenade
16th June 2019 – WWII Mills grenade found in river, Maidstone, Kent
21st June 2019 – Two suspected WWII mortars found in a garden in Lincoln
21st June 2019 – Unexploded WWII bomb found near school in Lincoln
22nd June 2019 – Bomb disposal team called to Burnley after WWII grenade found
23rd June 2019 – Unexploded WWII shell found near Honley Woods, Yorkshire
23rd June 2019 – Police carry out ‘controlled explosion’ of WWI grenade found in Oxford
23rd June 2019 – Unexploded WWI Russian bomb found by magnet fishers in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey (we've said it before and will say it again - magnet fishing is dangerous!)
23rd June 2019 – Unexploded torpedo found in Scapa Flow, Orkney
23rd June 2019 – Bomb Squad called in to explode WWII grenade found in canal near Loughborough
23rd June 2019 - Magnet fishers discover “military weapon” in Leicester
International ordnance finds of significance in June
5th June 2019 – 340kg wartime bomb safely disposed of in Quang Tri Province, Vietnam
6th June 2019 – Area surrounding a construction site evacuated after UXO found in Tokyo
7th June 2019 – Three killed by UXO in Oguta, Nigeria
8th June 2019 – WWII bomb discovered in Nigdi, India
11th June 2019 – WWII US HE bomb found in Naha Military Port, Okinawa
12th June 2019 – Nearly 10,000 people affected by double WWII bomb disposal near Berlin
12th June 2019 – WWII-era practice bomb found in a Florida backyard
13th June 2019 – WWII mortar shell found between Eselborn and Weicherdange, Luxembourg
15th June 2019 – Thousands evacuated in Berlin after WWII bomb found
17th June 2019 – Item of white phosphorous military ordnance found on a North Carolina Beach, USA
17th June 2019 – UXO blasts (anti-tank mine and anti-personnel mine) wound two in Oddar Meanchey & Pailin, Cambodia
18th June 2019 – 250kg British HE bomb found in Augsburg, Germany
20th June 2019 – Farmer finds 140 UXOs in Siem Reap, Cambodia
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