Another 250kg ‘wartime’ bomb found at Dhaka airport’s 3rd terminal site

Another 250kg bomb was found buried at the construction site of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport's 3rd terminal in the capital today.

According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Bangladesh Air Force recovered a GP bomb at the Dhaka airport.

The bomb disposal unit of Air Force's Bangabandhu Base soon rushed to the spot and defused the bomb, the ISPR said.

Later, the bomb was taken for dismantling in a safe place with necessary precautions, ISPR said in a press release.

Bomb experts believe it was dropped sometime during the Liberation War in 1971, it said.

The bomb was recovered at the third terminal siteat 8:30am, Officer-in-Charge of Airport Police Station BM Forman Ali confirmed to The Daily Star.

On December 9, workers found a 250kg bomb about three metres deep when they were excavating for construction work of the third terminal.