Old house in Parañaque yields 10 vintage bombs

Nearly two weeks after four people were killed when a vintage bomb taken to an ironworks shop in Taguig City exploded, 10 more World War II bombs were dug up in a residential area in Parañaque City on Wednesday.

Senior Inspector Eutecio Oña, Police Community Precinct 8 chief of the Parañaque City police, said that the vintage bombs were found at 724 Collins St., Phimra Phase 1, in Barangay (village) Moonwalk where a house was about to be built.

The bombs consisted of three 105-millimeter slugs, five 105-millimeter empty shells and two others of a still undetermined type, which were described by Oña as “long, large and heavy shells.”

Also found were five ammunition clips for an M1 Garand rifle.

Oña said in a phone interview that the bombs were discovered by Domingo Butoriano, one of the carpenters at the construction site.

“They were apparently digging the foundation for the new house when they discovered the bombs. They immediately alerted the police, and the Parañaque Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team and Explosive Ordnance Division (EOD) responded to the call,” he added.

The police cordoned off the area and carefully dug up the bombs, which were found under the ruins of an old house being demolished to make way for the construction of a new one.

Oña said the bombs might have been buried at around the time of World War II when the area, according to local residents, was just a grassland.

The bombs have now been turned over to the Parañaque SWAT and EOD teams for proper identification and disposal.