22/09/2020 Isole Salomone, Guadalcanal, Honiara
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law enforcement agency for assistance”
In an updated statement on Monday, Inspector Clifford Tunuki, the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the bomb disposal unit (EOD) said the explosion happened at the residence of the NPA. While police do not know what caused the blast, Tunuki said preliminary investigations “indicate they had several items of UXO (unexploded ordnance) at the residence and they may have been conducting some UXO work.””We are concerned that they decided to conduct EOD operations within a residential area,” he said. “RSIPF did not know these items had been moved to the NPA residence.” Other unexploded ordnance discovered at the residence were moved to a safer area, the inspector said.
Foto-Fonte: edition.cnn.com
An Australian and a Briton working to map a deadly legacy of unexploded munitions from World War II have been killed in the South Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands after a bomb they were working on detonated.
Fonte: nytimes.com
Zwei Bombenentschärfer aus Großbritannien und Australien sind auf den Salomonen ums Leben gekommen, als Kampfmittelreste aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg in einem Büro der Hilfsorganisation Norwegian People’s Aid explodierten.
Deux experts en déminage, un Britannique et un Australien, sont morts dans l’explosion de munitions datant de la Seconde Guerre mondiale qu’ils essayaient de neutraliser dans les îles Salomon, ont annoncé lundi les autorités.
Fonte: 24heures.ch
Deux experts en déminage sont morts ce dimanche aux Îles Salomon. Ils essayaient de neutraliser des munitions datant de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, qui ont justement explosé à ce moment-là. Les deux hommes, employés de l’ONG Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), avaient stocké des munitions sans autorisation à Honiara, la capitale. Les deux victimes, un Britannique et un Australien, participaient à la constitution d’une base de données sur les munitions non explosées de l’archipel.
Due volontari del Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), addetti alla mappatura UXO, subiscono l’esplosione di una granata inesplosa e risalente alla seconda guerra mondiale. Le vittime di nazionalità britannica e australiana avrebbero spostato l’ordigno dal luogo del rinvenimento e portato all’interno della residenza dell’NPA. Le indagini per risalire ai motivi della detonazione sono in corso.
If you find anything that appears to be an explosive device, do not touch it, leave it where it is and call the police. We will contact the appropriate agencies to properly dispose of the item.
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