A Second World War explosive was detonated on a beach this morning.
Selsey Coastguard was called to the beach in front of the RNLI Lifeboat station in Selsey last night shortly before 6.30pm after a diver discovered an explosive, suspected to be a mortar bomb, in the sea.
The crew liaised with a Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team and the diver and they decided to hold off on detonating the explosive until this morning due to fading light.
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Source: The Argus