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| Teignmouth evacuated over WW2 bomb find | |
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| Parts of a Devon seaside town were evacuated after a World War Two bomb was found in the sea near the pier. | Parts of a Devon seaside town were evacuated after a World War Two bomb was found in the sea near the pier. |
| The explosive was discovered by a man and his nephew who were scuba diving in Teignmouth earlier. | |
| Police evacuated seafront properties to allow a bomb disposal team to tow it out to sea and destroy it in a controlled explosion. | |
| Royal Navy divers from Devonport carried out a controlled explosion at sea on the 1,200kg (2,600lb) device. | |
| More on this story and others from Devon | More on this story and others from Devon |
| Student James Cunningham, 19, who found the bomb with his uncle James Brown, said the pair had been looking for sea life. | Student James Cunningham, 19, who found the bomb with his uncle James Brown, said the pair had been looking for sea life. |
| "We go reasonably regularly and at first we thought it was a container. | "We go reasonably regularly and at first we thought it was a container. |
| "After taking a closer look I could see the pointy end buried in the silt and saw it was made of metal which made us realise what it was." | "After taking a closer look I could see the pointy end buried in the silt and saw it was made of metal which made us realise what it was." |
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| After hastily snapping some pictures to give to the police they left, he said. | After hastily snapping some pictures to give to the police they left, he said. |
| "I thought we'd better get out of there pretty sharpish; it was a bit scary". | "I thought we'd better get out of there pretty sharpish; it was a bit scary". |
| Mr Cunningham has been diving for about six years and said the biggest thing he had previously found underwater was a grouper fish, in the Caribbean. | Mr Cunningham has been diving for about six years and said the biggest thing he had previously found underwater was a grouper fish, in the Caribbean. |
| "But this was way more dangerous than any fish," he said. | "But this was way more dangerous than any fish," he said. |