300-Kilo Bomb Found in Kon Tum Province

Tran Van The along with his family members living in Kon Tum central highlands city’s Ngo May ward discovered a bomb with a length of 10m, a width of 0.3m and a weight of 300kg when they dug up a well this afternoon. After finding out the massive bomb, they stopped digging up. Immediately after that, the province police arrived in the scene and claimed this is the first bomb which has been found at such depth of 12 meters from the ground surface so far in the city. Local authorities have blocked the site and are expected to burn down it on March 25. Local Chau Xuan Hoang asked relevant authorities to implement emergency measures to handle this incident because the huge bomb has triggered panic among people living nearby. (tuoitrenews.vn Mar 24)