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4th wartime bomb found at Dhaka airport's under-construction terminal

Bangladesh

TBS Report 
28 December, 2020, 02:25 pm
Last modified: 28 December, 2020, 05:11 pm

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4th wartime bomb found at Dhaka airport's under-construction terminal

With the latest one, so far four bombs were found at the site

TBS Report 
28 December, 2020, 02:25 pm
Last modified: 28 December, 2020, 05:11 pm
Another wartime bomb has been recovered from the construction site of Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airports third terminal on Monday. Photo: BAF
Another wartime bomb has been recovered from the construction site of Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airports third terminal on Monday. Photo: BAF

Within a gap of nine days, another wartime bomb was found at a construction site in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's third terminal in Dhaka on Monday.

With the latest one, so far four bombs were found at the site.

Officials from Bangladesh Air Force visited the construction site after being informed about another wartime bomb at Dhaka airport. Photo: BAF
Officials from Bangladesh Air Force visited the construction site after being informed about another wartime bomb at Dhaka airport. Photo: BAF

On information, a Bomb Disposal Unit of Bangabandhu Base of the Air Force arrived there and recovered the bomb.

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Experts assumed that the weight of the bomb is 250kg like the previously recovered bombs.

For the fourth time a wartime bomb was recovered for the construction site of Dhaka airport. Photo: BAF
For the fourth time a wartime bomb was recovered for the construction site of Dhaka airport. Photo: BAF

On 9 December, the first wartime bomb was found about three metres deep in the ground at the construction site of the third terminal of the airport. Later on 14 December, another wartime bomb was found about 10ft deep in the ground at same site while the last one was found while excavating for the construction of the third terminal of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA).

Besides, another bomb was recovered on 19 December.
 

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