Millom, England A Millom Coastguard Rescue Team responded after a walker discovered a potential explosive device on a Cumbrian beach.
In a statement, the spokesperson for the unit said, "The team attended to scene, met with the first informant, confirmed the location, and positively identified the items as ordnance. "Photographs and description were passed to explosive ordnance disposal for further action."
Okinawa, Japan Japanese soldiers safely defused a U.S.-made, 275-lb WWII bomb from a historic villa in Okinawa's capital. According to a city website, more than 2,300 people were evacuated from 760 households and 110 businesses around Nakagusuku Udun in the Shuri district of Naha city prior to the operation.
Englewood, Florida The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office responded to a beach in Englewood after children discovered a barnacle-encrusted object they believed to be a scuba tank. Much to their surprise, the item turned out to be WWII-era UXO.
The children reportedly touched the ordnance and took photos of it before someone realized it could be dangerous. "I was shivering when I heard it was a bomb," said Maci Martinez, one of the children who found it.
Kano, Nigeria The Kano Police Command confirmed that an explosion on the eastern bypass occurred and was caused by UXO rather than an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) following an investigation by their EOD team.
The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Hussaini Abdullahi, revealed that the UXOs were inadvertently transported with scrap metal and one exploded during offloading, resulting in five fatalities and several injuries. A total of nine UXO items were recovered post-incident.
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