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Ancient artillery shell dug up in Phuket Town
Darawan Naknakhon

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The old shell found by the workers.

PHUKET: -- Workers digging for the foundations of a new dormitory building in Phuket Town made an alarming discovery on Friday (July 25).

As they piled up the soil they found they had also dug up a large lump of metal – an old artillery shell. Luckily, it did not explode.

Sopa Seahouse, 48, the owner of the dormitory on Soi 2, Moo 3, Rassada, said that initially she ignored the find but eventually decided that it might be best to alert Phuket City Police.

Officers came round to collect the shell, which will be destroyed. They said they believed it to be about 20 years old, but did not explain how it came to be buried in the ground in Phuket Town.

The last time artillery was fired in anger in Phuket was in World War II, about 70 years ago, when Japanese troops occupied the island.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/ancient-artillery-shell-dug-up-in-phuket-town-47567.php

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-- Phuket News 2014-07-28

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Well the workers were lucky not to smash straight through the shell. Banging on buildings sites is loud enough as it is !! :)

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I read it's still common in rural France to dig up lots of shells that date back from WWI and they rarely go off anymore, unless you do something stupid like try and open it.

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channelnewsasia.com At least seven people died and 19 others were injured on Wednesday when a massive World War II bomb exploded at a scrap metal warehouse in Bangkok as workers tried to cut it open, officials said.

Lucky they are not as silly as the guys in Bangkok:D

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