UXO Coconut Opener Kills One Injures Another

The police called the 6th Infantry Division Bomb Disposal Unit in for technical support in dealing with the UXO. Bomb disposal technicians identified the UXO as a live WWII era munition (specific type not reported). The technicians safely detonated the UXO to dispose of the explosive safety hazard in a controlled detonation operation.
Kodiak, Alaska for nearly 20 years an old WWII aerial bomb hung outside of Big Jim's Little Bar as the owner of the bar assumed that it was loaded with inert concrete. Bar patrons referred to the wall decoration as "Da Bomb" as someone over the years painted those words alongside body of the bomb. When the bar changed owners, a local resident ended up with the bomb. The resident decided that we would donate the munition (shown in the image below) to the Kodiak Military History Museum so he called the museum to pick up the bomb.
The museum curator traveled to the man's house to inspect the bomb. The curator noticed that the bomb cavity contained a fill material that did not exactly resemble concrete. Doing some research, the curator identified the bomb as a WWII era AN Mk I Mod 3 1,263 pound aerial bomb. Concerned that the filler was potentially energetic material, the curator called the EOD unit based out of Fort Richardson for further analysis.