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Bomb alert off Folly Farm Gardens, Canterbury after discovery of suspected wartime device

Steve Waite
swaite@thekmgroup.co.uk
20:21, 31 March 2021  | Updated: 20:23, 31 March 2021

The discovery of a suspected wartime device sparked a bomb alert this afternoon.

Emergency services were called to a building site off Folly Farm Gardens, Canterbury, after what was believed to be a Second World War munition was found.

A bomb disposal unit was sent to Canterbury this afternoon. Picture: Paul Babra
A bomb disposal unit was sent to Canterbury this afternoon. Picture: Paul Babra

The Army was called in to help and at about 6pm the device was detonated in a controlled explosion.

It was carried out by members of the Royal Logistics Corps.

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