Navy disposes of inactive WWII bomb found off Kota Belud


Picture courtesy of Royal Malaysian Navy.

KOTA KINABALU: The Royal Malaysian Navy has safely disposed of an unexploded ordnance (UXO) believed to be a World War II (WW2) bomb, which was found in Kota Belud waters on Monday (April 24).

Kota Belud district police earlier sought the navy’s assistance to check the object, suspected to be an old bomb, found at Pulau Mantanani coastal waters, about 43 nautical miles northeast from the Kota Kinabalu naval base.

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