The 600-lb bomb found in Newry was primed and ready to explode
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The 600-lb bomb found in Newry was primed and ready to explode

Newry : United Kingdom | Apr 29, 2012 at 5:44 AM PDT
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The 600-lb bomb that was found in Newry on the Irish border could have led to a major disaster if it had not been noticed in time and defused as understood from a news report in the BBC dated 29th April 2012.

The explosive device had been placed inside an abandoned van on the Fathom Line and it was double the size of a similar bomb that had exploded outside the Newry court house two years earlier.

In case it had exploded, it would have caused severe casualties and killed everyone within a 50-m radius and would also have seriously injured all those up to 100-m away.

Earlier in the month, a bomb turned up near the Cloghogue roundabout, also in Newry, just off the main Belfast to Dublin dual carriageway.

Hence, the police are treading with caution.

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Posted By VoiceforHope Amee Ellsworth | about 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing this story. Rated up.
Reply By prabirghose prabirghose | about 1 year ago
grateful for your visit, comments as well as the rating ...
Posted By NadeemIftekhar NadeemIftekhar | about 1 year ago
Oh my goodness? The individual(s) who discovered the bomb certainly saved the mankind, full marks to them. Rated.
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