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Controlled Explosion for Guernsey Bomb

Screenshot 2023 06 13 085649An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team undertook a controlled detonation after the discovery of a suspected 300lb bomb on the south coast of Guernsey.

Found at the bottom of cliffs, such bombs were left by German occupiers during World War Two as an anti-invasion defence.

With the fuze believed to be intact, the bomb was destroyed in situ.

See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-65858421