WW II vintage bomb found in junk shop

ALAMINOS CITY – A World War II vintage bomb, weighing approximately 90 kilograms and measuring two feet and eight to 10 inches in diameter, was discovered in a junkshop in Alaminos City on November 21.

A team from the Explosives and Ordnance Disposal, 750th Combat Group of the Philippine Air Force based in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City led by Capt. Ariel B. Mabiling and 10 others motored to Alaminos City to take custody and diffuse the bomb.

They informed the Alaminos Police Station that that they received picture messages sent by a concerned resident through his cellphone about the bomb.

The bomb was found inside the Valiente Junkshop on Braganza Street in Alaminos, whose manager said he bought the same from an unidentified person who placed it in sack.

When they opened it, they found it was a bomb so they keep it among the junks for more than a year now.

The bomb was described as a 155MM Projo type bomb believed to be America-made.
Concerned citizens however said there were four such bombs that used to be seen in that junkshop but the three others, which are much larger, were no longer there.

The team took custody of the vintage bomb to be diffused in a safer place.

The PAF team is now conducting continuous monitoring for the three remaining vintage bombs that are yet to be accounted for. (PNA)