ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police on Tuesday said a World War II howitzer projectile was discovered by construction workers while digging on a village in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.
It said the 155mm projectile was unearthed inside a school compound in the village of Taluksangay on November 24. The workers informed village councilman Barlec Jailani about the find who immediately called the police to retrieve the unexploded ordnance.
Police said the projectile was turned over to the local bomb squad unit.
Zamboanga was invaded by the Japanese Imperial Army during the war almost seven decades ago. Previous diggings here yielded war artifacts and old rifles and mortar bombs. (Mindanao Examiner)
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