[Jim O]

As if on cue, sadly we have the following from the Philippines yesterday:

WWII bomb explodes, kills 5 fishermen

By Marlon Alexander Luistro
Inquirer

Posted date: August 28, 2006

CAMP MIGUEL MALVAR, BATANGAS CITY—Five fishermen were blown into pieces after a vintage bomb exploded at Barangay Payapa, Nasugbu, Batangas around 6:20 p.m., Sunday.

The Nasugbu police identified the victims as Jose Alvarez, 30, a fisherman and Cafgu member, Alberto Malig-on, 40, fisherman—both residents of Barangay Payapa; Eugenio Kaagay, 55, a native of Mariveles, Bataan, a certain “Enteng” and a certain “Bayong.”

Police reports said that around 6:20 p.m., Sunday, the fishermen were cutting metals from a vintage bomb they gathered in the sea of Sitio Cabaong, a kilometer away from Payapa, when it suddenly exploded at the seashore.

Elorde Belen, lone survivor of the explosion, was reported still missing, said SPO1 Benito Bay, desk officer of Nasugbu police.

Bay told the Inquirer that Sitio Cabaong is home to sunken World War II Japanese ships that contain several vintage bombs.

The victims were believed divers of a junk shop who usually sell gun powder gathered from vintage bombs to Manila traders.

Members of the Explosives and Ordnance Disposal team from the 730th Philippine Air Force Combat Group immediately defused the remaining bombs in the area.

Source: WWII bomb explodes, kills 5 fishermen - INQ7.net