24/06/2021 Giappone, Ryūkyū, Kyūshū, Okinawa
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law enforcement agency for assistance”
On top of bomb disposal work by the U.S. military and the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, a private-sector project was launched in 1974 to search for dud shells in Okinawa Prefecture, following a dud shell explosion accident in the year. The blast near a kindergarten in the prefectural capital of Naha killed four people and injured 34 others.
Foto-Fonte: nippon.com
Foto-Fonte: jiji.com
Tecnici e storici stimano che solo nel territorio di Okinawa ci siano 10.000 tonnellate di bombe inesplose risalenti alle battaglie della seconda guerra mondiale.
警察は「不発弾を見つけたら近づかず連絡してほしい」と話しています。
Biography of a Bomb