Coventry, England
According to Coventry Police, the road was reopened shortly after. A representative for Coventry Police said, "We were called to reports of a suspected hand grenade in a garden on Beake Avenue, Coventry, earlier today (September 13)."
"An Army EOD team attended and confirmed that the device was empty and of no risk to safety. A cordon put in place has now been lifted."
Kaohsiung, Taiwan An unexploded WWII bomb has been safely disposed of after its discovery by construction workers at a new semiconductor factory in Kaohsiung. The find marks the third such discovery at the former Kaohsiung Refinery which is being converted to a chip manufacturing facility.
According to the Kaohsiung City government's Construction Office, the construction crew immediately notified the Taiwan military of the munition. Officials responded to the site, to examine the ordnance which was deemed safe to move.
Kuantan, Malaysia a 250kg WWII era unexploded aerial bomb was discovered buried at a housing project site in Rancangan Tanah Pemuda (RTP) Bukit Goh by a contractor.
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.
East Honiara, Solomon Islands Authorities discovered a WWII-era UXO on the eastern side of the Ministry of Fisheries Headquarters in East Honiara. Believed to be an M29 aerial bomb, it was found near the site of an old military wharf.
A public safety warning was issued advising all individuals within a 100-meter radius to vacate the area including the Fishing Village, Solomon Islands National University (SINU), and the Ministry of Fisheries as they await a response from the bomb squad.
Canvey Island, England A WWII German naval artillery shell was safely detonated after its discovery by a metal detectorist on mud flats near Canvey Point in Essex. According to an HM Coastguard spokesperson, the disposal operations were originally postponed due to the incoming tide and heavy fog.
"The coastline and waters around Essex are littered with unexploded ordnance, often from World War Two," the spokesperson said.
"The metal detectorist did the right thing, he didn't disturb the item further, made his way to a safe distance and called 999 asking for the coastguard."
The Ministry of Defence deployed bomb disposal experts from Colchester Barracks to dispose of the 3-inch ordnance safe.
Ravenel, South Carolina Charleston County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) responded to a call concerning a suspected military UXO in a neighborhood yard. Once on the scene, the CCSO Bomb Squad Unit determined the device was a WWII-military ordnance.
Officers evacuated the property while awaiting response from Joint Base Charleston EOD who safely took possession of the ordnance - identified as a mortar size, type or nomenclature not reported).
Putley, England West Mercia Police and EOD responded to a home after the homeowner discovered a WWII bombshell while mowing his lawn. Ross Miller's garden was cordoned off and his street shut down while awaiting a response from the bomb disposal team.
The suspicious item was determined to be a 25-lb bomb casing from the 1940s. EOD confirmed there were no explosives in the shell before they let Miller keep it as a souvenir.
The Miller family moved into the 1950s property last August, knowing the previous owners mentioned something metallic at the bottom of the garden. They thought it was a pump or part of the water supply.
But Miller said, "I had a quick look at it, brushed it and thought, this doesn't look like a pump. There's a percussion cap in the middle, what looks like would be on the end of a bullet, and it said 1940 at the bottom."
His nine-year-old daughter was standing beside him at the time, and he thought "the last thing we want is for anything to explode."
He dialed 999, and West Mercia Police told him to send pictures and stay away from the munition. "After about two hours waiting around, EOD turned up and said, 'yep it's a 25-pounder'," he said.
Miller said he planned to put ice in the casing and use it to hold beer at the barbecue he was forced to reschedule from the day of the discovery.
Slupsk, Poland Wild boars dug up 21 WWII mortar shells in a Polish forest. Forest Rangers reported the suspected UXO cache to police after discovering it in the village of Biecino.
Police responded to the area where they determined the munitions had been unearthed by wild boars. Pyrotechnicians confirmed that the ordnance dated back to WWII.
Military sappers were called in to safely secure the shells. No further information has been released by authorities regarding the type or origin of the ordnance.
Dartford, England Kent Police were called to a Dartford home after landscapers found a suspected WWII bomb while digging in the backyard garden. Bobby Moulson, who runs the company, said, "We first discovered it as we were digging to start putting up a fence."
"I thought it was a tin bath or something until we brushed some soil off it and see what shape it was. I googled a picture of WWII bombs and realized that it looked a lot like what we found," he said.
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