Bomb squad continue sweep

Tue, 01 Sep 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Bomb squad personnel continued their
sweep on Monday of the area surrounding the Palembang air base
after an unexploded World War II bomb was found in a nearby field
over the weekend

"It's likely that many bombs were embedded near residential
homes around the air base or Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II
airport," base commander Col. Yanuardi said here Monday.

A bomb was found buried near the air base on Saturday. It is
believed the device was a Japanese bomb dropped during an air
strike in the 1940s.

As reported by Antara a similar bomb exploded in 1987 in the
same area. It killed the person who accidentally stumbled on it.

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