A bomb identified as being made by Japan during World War Two
was discovered at a port in Yantai, in east China's Shandong
Province, police sources said.
The bomb was found while a dozen workers were unloading scrap
metal at the harbor. Workers noticed the crane picking up a huge
object; when they inspected it after it was laid down they found it
to be a large, rusty bomb.
When they got the call, harbor police rushed to the scene and
launched an investigation.
The 1.2-meter-long bomb weighs about 300 kilograms, with a
diameter of 50 centimeters, police said.
Experts say the bomb, whose surface is clearly marked with a
date, was dropped by a Japanese plane during the war.
It is fortunate that the bomb was identified at the harbor,
experts said, as it would have exploded in a furnace if it had been
melted down as scrap.
The police are still investigating how the bomb got into the
scrap metal pile.
(Xinhua News Agency March 15, 2004)