Suspected WWII ordnance explodes in Indonesia, five dead

JAKARTA — A suspected shell left over from World War II exploded under a stilt house in an Indonesian fishing village, killing five people and wounding nearly 20, police said Monday. The blast in Indonesia’s restive eastern Papua region startled locals with a thunderous boom on Sunday afternoon, emitting a ball of flames followed by a thick smoke column, according to footage broadcast on Kompas TV. Nine homes were destroyed. READ: Unexploded 500-pound World War II bomb found in Surigao “The source of the explosion is strongly suspected to have been a bomb or mortar left over from World War […]... Keep on reading: Suspected WWII ordnance explodes in Indonesia, five dead