Northumberland, England Construction work on a playground in Wooler has been halted by the discovery WWII-era bombs. Contractors were forced to stop work just one week after the project kickoff after workers uncovered a "suspicious object" while digging the foundations for the park.

Northumbria Police were called in after discovery of what appeared to be an artillery shell. The bomb disposal squad from Catterick Barracks was called in to confirm that it was a WWII training device which they removed for safe disposal.

Unfortunately, as soon was work resumed, another ordnance was found. The UK Ministry of Defence advised that a full site survey would be required. Once experts began the investigation, they soon realized the large scale of the playground problem.

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Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan Japanese troops safely removed and defused a 5-inch U.S. WWII-era shell on a small island south of Okinawa's capital city. The shell was discovered on a construction site in Tomigusuku city on Senaga Island, about 2,500 feet from Naha Airport's runway, according to a spokesperson for Tomigusuku's Disaster Prevention and Crisis Management Division.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force's 101st EOD Unit moved the shell into an explosion-proof container and defused it. The shell was found in November by a contractor who was excavating soil with heavy equipment as part of disaster recovery work, the spokesperson said.

No businesses or homes were evacuated, but traffic was restricted within a radius of 83 feet during the defusing operation. The shell was taken to a warehouse for disposal at a later date. The discovery followed the defusing and removal of another 5-inch, WWII-era U.S. shell from a construction site in Naha city earlier this month.

Taipei, Taiwan construction workers discovered an unexploded WWII bomb on at the construction site for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s (TSMC) Technology Industrial Park facility. The Army responded and confirmed it was a WWII-era bomb. The item was relocated for proper disposal.

Tilbury, Essex, construction workers were startled when they unearthed a large unexploded German bomb from World War II buried eight meters deep. The 250 kg bomb was discovered after digging a shaft, and precautions were taken due to its anti-handling and time fuses. Fortunately, the bomb disposal team safely detonated it on-site, covering it with 500 tons of sand to minimize the blast. This discovery led to public curiosity about how the bomb ended up so deeply buried, with theories suggesting it may have fallen into a crater or been covered over time.

Miyazaki, Japan A 500-pound US bomb believed to have been dropped during WWII, exploded at Miyazaki Airport in southwest Japan, causing a crater in a taxiway and leading to the cancellation of over 80 flights. Fortunately, there were no casualties, and no aircraft were in the vicinity at the time of the blast.

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Andersen Air Force Base, Guam Members of the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD team rendered safe and removed a WWII-era Japanese grenade from a construction site at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The Type 97, standard-issue Japanese hand grenade was discovered in Munition Storage Area 1 last month.

A spokesperson from the 36th Wing said in an email, "[The] general public was not in danger ... due to the quick actions of the Andersen EOD team." The unexploded grenade was found by "the Materials [Munitions and] of Explosive Concern clearance contractor on a construction site."

The Type 97 a common type of fragmentation hand grenade used by Japanese forces during WWII.

Assateague, Maryland UXO discovered on the beach at Assateague Island National Seashore has been safely disposed in a controlled detonation by Dover Air Force Base EOD.

The WWII-era ordnance was found near the parking lot closest to the entrance. Lifeguards assisted in clearing the area, and a cordon was established.

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Norfolk, Virginia Bomb squad technicians responded to a Norfolk home after a man discovered a WWII-era MK II grenade while digging up a shrub in his backyard.

Andrew Taunton told reporters, "I was finding little rocks, little river rocks and I ended up picking up one of them and was like, well that shape's not a rock." Turns out he was holding an old hand grenade. According to Taunton, the top of it where the pin should have been, was cut off.

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Jersey, United Kingdom Islander Mike Beaugeard received "quite a surprise" while on a walk at Egypt, Trinity on the Channel Islands. Nestled in the grass along the path was an anti-tank shell. He said that the munition was about four or five inches wide and around ten inches long.

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Grafenwoehr, Germany Two Allied Forces bombs were found at a former train station during construction. The two bombs were identified as an 1,000-pound bomb and an 1,100-pound WII era bomb.

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