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recently, some netizens posted on social platforms that members of the water sports association of dian military district, yichang city, hubei province were cleaning up and inspecting sharp objects on the bottom of the river and discovered a japanese empty bomb. in the video, a suspected bomb was fished out by diving experts from the association.

on september 29, a reporter from economic view live contacted the photographer, mr. yan. mr. yan told reporters that the incident happened at around 16:45 on september 26 at victoria beach in yichang city. at that time, members of their water sports association organizedwhile cleaning up sharp underwater objects at the beach, the diving experts in their team found an object that looked like a cannonball 8 meters underwater.he then moved the object bit by bit under the water to the shore. "an iron lump suspected to be a bomb was found at the bottom of the river. it weighed about 30 to 40 pounds and was about 40 centimeters in length. it was cylindrical and about 15 centimeters in diameter. we picked it up and took a look.it was very obvious that it was a bomb dropped by the japanese army.”

mr. yan said that he is from yichang, and there have been several major battles in yichang. this is a very deep memory for them, so they can recognize bombs at a glance. "after being washed by the river,the bomb is already rusty, but common sense tells us that it is a bomb dropped by the japanese invaders. because during the yichang retreat and shipai defense battle, the japanese army bombed our yichang. "

after discovering the bomb, mr. yan and others immediately called the police. police from dianjun police station and yichang city special police detachment rushed to the scene. after confirming that it was a bomb, they took it away.

according to existing information, in june 1940, when the japanese invaders attacked yichang, they used a large number of bombs and poison gas bombs.

subsequently, the reporter contacted the dianjun police station, and a policeman told the reporter that what was found on victoria beach was indeed a bomb. "the bomb is probably left behind in the past. it has been disposed of now. the eod team has put it in a safe place and went to the hazardous materials control warehouse." the police said that the bomb was indeed left behind by the japanese army when they attacked yichang. at present, the cleaning has been completed, and the victoria beach area has also been inspected accordingly. there are no safety hazards.

source:economic tv live broadcast