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Two unexploded bombs found in Canterbury within one afternoon

11:23, 01 April 2021

updated: 11:25, 01 April 2021

Two unexploded bombs have been discovered within two miles of each other, sparking an emergency response.

The devices were bizarrely unearthed in separate parts of Canterbury yesterday afternoon.

A bomb disposal unit sent to the second call-out in Canterbury on Wednesday evening. Picture: Paul Babra
A bomb disposal unit sent to the second call-out in Canterbury on Wednesday evening. Picture: Paul Babra

Shortly after 3pm yesterday, police were called to St Dunstan's Street, following a report an old munition had been discovered in a garden.

A specialist Explosive Ordnance Disposal team attended and carried out a controlled explosion of the item.

But just a few hours later and less than two miles away from the original incident, the discovery of a second suspected device sparked another bomb alert.

Emergency services were called to a building site off Folly Farm Gardens, near new housing on the outskirts of Canterbury, after what was believed to be a Second World War munition was found.

The Army was called in to help and at about 6pm the device was detonated in a controlled explosion.

It was carried out by members of the Royal Logistics Corps.

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