Some 1,500 bombs left by the Japanese military during the World War II were unearthed recently in a construction site in Qiqihar, Heilongjiang province, Xinhua News Agency reported on Wednesday.Â
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Qiqihar police said they received a report that three bombs had been unearthed on a construction site near a primary school on Sept 28.
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Police went to the site and found 1,500 bombs made in Japan, seven of which were gas bombs. They closed the site in preparation for the removal of the bombs.
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Qiqihar was occupied by the Japanese army for 14 years in the 1930s and 1940s. The Japanese buried large number of bombs in the city before they left.Â