Undefined Explosive Device (UED)

Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Quang Tri, Trieu Trung area, Viet Nam on Wed 7th May 2014

7th May 2014

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An elderly villager in Trieu Trung Commune may have saved his grandson and the boy's friends from being killed or injured by a US wartime bomb recently, when the grandfather stopped the boys from trying to drag the bomb out of the Vinh Dinh River to sell for scrap. He guided the youngsters to carefully submerge the bomb in the waters of the river, because he knew the bomb contained white phosphorous which might combust at any moment, with tragic results. The man then instructed his son, the boy's father, to call Project RENEW's UXO hotline immediately and report the discovery so a RENEW team could come and neutralize the situation.

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Quang Tri ( Trieu Trung area )

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