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More than 200 unexploded second world war shells found near Solomon Islands school
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Police dug up and removed the rust-caked projectiles, which belonged to US troops during the second world war
Workers at a school in Solomon Islands discovered a buried stockpile of the second world war munitions as they “dug a hole for sewage”, police said.
More than 200 rust-caked projectiles – which once belonged to US troops – have been dug up and removed after they were found near a school staff member’s house, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force said.
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