Explosion kills seven when scrap dealers use blowtorches to dismantle WWII bomb that Bangkok builders had sold them after finding it on a construction site

Device found by building workers who thought it was inactive
Sold it to scrap metal warehouse who decided to break it up
Five killed at the scene, two died later from their injuries
Bomb dropped by Allies in retaliation for Thailand joining Axis Powers

By
Paul Donnelley


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Explosion kills seven when scrap dealers use blowtorches to dismantle WWII bomb that Bangkok builders had sold them after finding it on a construction site