Unexploded bomb found in Clementi
construction site
What's believed to be an unexploded bomb was discovered at a
construction site in Commonwealth Avenue West yesterday
afternoon.
Construction next to Nan Hua High School came to a halt at
around 5 PM, and the police and army were called in soon after.
Eyewitness Kevin Magnus, who stays on the 18th floor of an HDB
block facing the construction site, has been monitoring the
situation using binoculars since last night.
Speaking to 938LIVE, Mr Magnus, who handled ordinances during
his national service stint, believes he saw a bomb uncovered by the
excavators.
"I peered down, and there seems to be a bit of, some commotion
with the site supervisors. Thereafter the excavators stopped with
their digging. And I was at the balcony peering down and I had a
clear look. After they had cleared the earth, and they found a
piece of cylindrical material. It looks cylindrical with fins. It
looks like a bomb, 60 to 80 pounder."
Mr Magnus said that four men from the Bomb Disposal Unit were
brought in, and the whole area was cordoned off by the police.
As of 12.30pm today, officers from the Singapore Armed Forces
were seen digging a trench about a kilometre away from the bomb
location.
Mr Magnus believes the trench will be used to detonate the
bomb.
"There is a trench, which looks like what we used in the Armed
Forces, a "shell scrap". I'm not too sure how deep it is.
Surrounding it, there are concrete blocks, where you use concrete
blocks to do weight piling. To do soil testing, there are 8 of
them. And to the right of the concrete blocks, there are national
service men filling up the sand bags with the earth from the
construction site."
Police have confirmed that a "war relic" has been found, but
were unable to provide further details.
Operations are currently ongoing to secure the site.
Police add that members of the public are advised not to be
alarmed.
--938Live