2 tinker with World War II bomb, lose hands

BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – A policeman and a civilian lost their hands after a vintage bomb exploded while they were tinkering with it in Cagayan yesterday.

Chief Inspector Juan Taguinod, police chief of Peñablanca town, said farmer Juan Achanzar, 47, found the bomb in a nearby village and sought the help of PO3 Victor Hernandez, 45, of the service division of the regional police, to dispose of it.

But out of curiosity, the two tinkered with the bomb and struck it, causing it to explode. – Charlie Lagasca