How did two American-made bombs from the second world war end up in a Hong Kong subway construction site?
US planes repeatedly struck shipping and docking facilities along the northern coastline of Hong Kong Island during the Japanese occupation, says a military historian
The discovery of two unexploded American-made wartime bombs just 10 metres (33 feet) apart from each other at a construction site near the northern coastline of Hong Kong Island has fuelled interest in how the devices ended up there.
Both were huge, weighing 450kg each (1,000 lbs) and confirmed to be the American-made AN-M65 explosive.
According to police, they were likely dropped by US warplanes during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, which lasted from January 1942 to August 1945.
Workers discovered the first device on Saturday and the second device on Wednesday at the building site for the Sha Tin-Central rail link in Wanchai, near the junction of Tonnochy Road and Convention Avenue.
Major evacuation continues after second bomb found at Hong Kong site where 450kg wartime explosive unearthed at weekend
Military historian Dave Macri said he suspected the bombs landed so close together because of the “dive bombing tactic” widely adopted by US Navy aircraft during the war.