British World War Two bomb explodes underwater in Poland

Polish navy demolition experts were trying to neutralise it underwater through remote deflagration, which means burning out its explosives, but it went off in the process

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A British World War Two bomb has exploded while being made safe underwater by navy demolition specialists in north-west Poland.

The 5.4-ton Tallboy bomb was found in September 2019 beneath a waterway leading to the port of Szczecin during work to deepen the passage.