Help Sitemap Home Skip Navigation Contact Us Disability Statement


T in the Park

Premium Article !

Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button.

Options

Premium Article !

To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the Edinburgh Evening News site.

Subscribe

Registered Article !

To read this article in full you must be registered with the site.

Sign In
Register

WWII bomb found in flat



Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image
Click on thumbnail to view image

Published Date: 04 February 2008
A SECOND World War bomb was found in a flat in Leith today.
Army bomb disposal experts were called to the property near Commercial Wharf at around 4pm after a resident called police.

When officers arrived the resident had already removed the bomb from the property and left it in a grassy area next to the block of flats.

The area surrounding the flats was cordoned off by police and residents were told to stay in the building.

A police officer at the scene said: "There was a 1930s mortar round found in someone's premises.

"It was removed by the resident and taken to an open area. It has been taken away by the Army for analysis."

The cordon was taken down just after 5pm, when police left.

Police described it as a "Second World War mortar bomb" which measures about three inches in diameter. They said the Army bomb disposal experts had made it safe.



The full article contains 161 words and appears in Edinburgh Evening News newspaper.
Page 1 of 1

  • Last Updated: 04 February 2008 6:30 PM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

alex paterson,

embra 04/02/2008 19:08:56
A 1930s mortar round would be harmless by now,hopefully,still the person who property it was found in should be prosecuted.
2

Dragonlord,

04/02/2008 19:52:58
Had this exploded would anyone have noticed?
3

Journalistic licence,

Commercial Wharf 04/02/2008 20:06:26
Did the person just suddenly discover it now? Have they never noticed it before while cleaning the house? Or did it arrive by mistake when buying a reticulated python from e-bay?
4

is it me?,

Edinburgh 04/02/2008 20:32:04
#1 alex
Don't be too sure. This could be a mortar of life and death.
5

James (1),

04/02/2008 20:44:35
I saw that flat and it looked like a bomb had hit it!
6

Boring comment detective,

Gorgie land 04/02/2008 22:05:32
Since when is a 1930s mortar round classed as a World War 2 bomb? Do your homework EEN!!!
7

Miss Jean Brodie,

04/02/2008 22:54:47
Coulda been a lot worse - coulda been a bricks n sand bomb

or even worse

found near a muslim and then we wid huv had aw sortsa terrorist shennanigan excitement !
8

Douglas,

Bathgate 04/02/2008 23:35:36
#8 Miss Jean Brodie: Aye mortardom could have beeen just round the corner. Islamic ji-hod?
9

FeedTheDug,

05/02/2008 10:48:27
I think there is mortar this story than meets the eye.
10

Joe,

Inchkeith 05/02/2008 11:59:05
YouTube?

 

Comment on this Story

 

In order to post comments you must Register or Sign In

 
 
RSS Feed of this article's comments
Delivery formats: RSS, Atom, Javascript & Email
 
  

 
 


Sister Newspapers:
Press Complaints Commission

This website and its associated newspaper adheres to the Press Complaints Commission’s Code of Practice. If you have a complaint about editorial content which relates to inaccuracy or intrusion, then contact the Editor by clicking here.

If you remain dissatisfied with the response provided then you can contact the PCC by clicking here.