Fatal WWII bomb blast in Indonesia was a result of illegal fishing activity, police say

BIAK, Indonesia — The munition here had outlasted one of the Pacific’s fiercest World War II battles. Eight decades later, investigators in Indonesia said it exploded by the timber-framed houses in the coastal village of Fandoi on Indonesia’s Biak Island. The blast killed at least seven people and injured around 20, many seriously, police told […]

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