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Geylang WWII bomb

Killer blast at school on same street that stored ammo

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ST PHOTO: ZHANG XUAN

MR GEOFFREY TAN

ST PHOTO: ZHANG XUAN

Jeanell Kiew

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A school which was used to store ammunition, and was destroyed in an explosion in 1942, was located on the same Geylang street where a suspected World War II bomb was found on Tuesday.
Mr Geoffrey Tan, 93, recalled the school when he wrote to The Straits Times after reading the report on the bomb discovery.
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