Honiara, Oct 10, 2025 (AFP) - 'Backyard fireworks' of WWII bombs still litter Solomon Islands

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2025-10-10

Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip was ploughing his soil by hand when he heard an unusual clunk -- one of the countless unexploded bombs still scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II. Japanese and Allied forces waged a savage campaign across the Solomon Islands from 1942 to 1945, in which tens of thousands were killed. They left behind bombs now buried under homes, schools, businesses, football fields and Phillip's vege......

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