Filipino Killed Trying to Saw Open a Bomb
A treasure hunter trying to saw open a World War II-era bomb to see what was inside it was killed Thursday when the bomb exploded.
The blast tore Toto Parcon’s body to pieces. His elder brother and another man were injured.
Police said the unexploded bomb may have been dropped by an Allied warplane during World War II.
Parcon and his companions dug up the bomb outside Davao City, 600 miles southeast of Manila. Police and witnesses said the three men tried to open the bomb with a metal saw.
“They wanted to see what was inside the object,” a witness told reporters.
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