21 Jul 2023

Nauru govt declares detonating WW2 old bomb as 'dangerous'

From , 6:01 am on 21 July 2023
ADF personnel unload a truck containing HESCO fortification barriers during Operation RENDER SAFE, Nauru.

ADF personnel unload a truck containing HESCO fortification barriers during Operation RENDER SAFE, Nauru. The Australian Defence Force is preparing to disable a WWII UXO in Nauru. Photo: © Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence

Almost half of the population of Nauru has been evacuated while the Australia Defence Force relocated an unexploded ordnance.

The Nauru Government says the disarming process is very dangerous.

Nauru police Comissioner Iven Motte spoke with RNZ Pacific's Lydia Lewis.