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Two brothers killed after World War-II era bomb explodes in Manipur’s Moreh

| @indiablooms | Sep 30, 2021, at 11:06 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Two brothers were killed on Wednesday after a bomb believed to be of World War-II era exploded in Manipur’s border town area Moreh.

The incident took place at Gangte Veng, Moreh Ward No. 9 in the bordering town area along the Indo-Myanmar border when two brothers were digging a pit to dump garbage in the backyard of their house.

The deceased persons were identified as Lalsangmuon Gangte and Lienkhogin Gangte.

A police official of Tengnoupal district said that the deceased persons were digging a pit to dump garbage in the backyard of their house and accidently hit a bomb believed to be of World War-II era with their spades.

Earlier in November 2020, 122 shells of unexploded World War-II era bombs were unearthed in the Moreh area.

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