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| Canadian bomb squad called after live artillery shell taken out with trash | Canadian bomb squad called after live artillery shell taken out with trash |
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| Police in Canada were forced to call in the bomb squad after a resident put out a live artillery shell, believed to be from the first world war era, with the rubbish. | Police in Canada were forced to call in the bomb squad after a resident put out a live artillery shell, believed to be from the first world war era, with the rubbish. |
| Resident Danny Vellow stumbled across the two-foot-long ordnance in the Ontario city of London on Tuesday as he was heading to a doctor’s appointment. It had been placed at the end of a driveway next to a bag of rubbish. | Resident Danny Vellow stumbled across the two-foot-long ordnance in the Ontario city of London on Tuesday as he was heading to a doctor’s appointment. It had been placed at the end of a driveway next to a bag of rubbish. |
| “Lo and behold, I almost stepped on the bomb,” he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. “I was like, ‘Holy heck, eh?’” | “Lo and behold, I almost stepped on the bomb,” he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. “I was like, ‘Holy heck, eh?’” |
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| After calling in a bomb squad belonging to the Canadian Forces, police kept watch on the street to ensure that that those passing by wouldn’t accidentally set off the explosive. | After calling in a bomb squad belonging to the Canadian Forces, police kept watch on the street to ensure that that those passing by wouldn’t accidentally set off the explosive. |
| Once they arrived, the explosive ordnance disposal officers identified the explosive as a live shell from the first world war era and said it contained 20 to 30 pounds of explosives. They took it to be safely destroyed at a nearby base. | Once they arrived, the explosive ordnance disposal officers identified the explosive as a live shell from the first world war era and said it contained 20 to 30 pounds of explosives. They took it to be safely destroyed at a nearby base. |
| Vellow believed the shell might have been left behind by tenants who had been recently evicted. They were lucky that it hadn’t exploded on them, he noted. | Vellow believed the shell might have been left behind by tenants who had been recently evicted. They were lucky that it hadn’t exploded on them, he noted. |
| “They were only there for four months,” he said. “I don’t know who they are. Those idiots had that in their house.” | “They were only there for four months,” he said. “I don’t know who they are. Those idiots had that in their house.” |
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