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Reuters Japanese Experts Handle a Bomb Containing Toxic Gas in Shijiazhuang

Date: 13-Sep-03
Country: CHINA
Author: GN

Japanese Experts Handle a Bomb Containing Toxic Gas in Shijiazhuang Photo: CHINA PHOTO
Photo: CHINA PHOTO

The Japanese experts arrived on September 6 to treat 52 bombs which were found in 1991.

One person died last month in Northeast China from mustard gas that leaked from canisters left behind from World War II by the Japanese Army and recently unearthed accidentally.

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