Singapore army to carry out on-site disposal of WWII bomb in Bukit Timah; residents nearby to vacate homes

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A 200m cordon will be put in place and roads in the Upper Bukit Timah area closed while the war relic is dealt with on-site.

SINGAPORE: Bomb disposal experts from the Singapore Armed Forces will on Tuesday carry out an on-site disposal of a 100kg World War II aerial bomb found at a construction site along Upper Bukit Timah Road.

The war relic was discovered at the construction site of the Myst condominium, said the area's Member of Parliament Vivian Balakrishnan, who is also Foreign Affairs Minister. Staff and students from Greenridge Secondary School will also be affected. The secondary school will switch to home-based learning on that day, said the police.

 

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