The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has confirmd that they responded to a bomb blast which killed a male person and left two others in critical condition.
Officer In-charge (OIC) of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team, Inspector Clifford Tunuki says, “One of the four casualties has been confirmed dead, the other two in critical condition and one has some minor injuries.”
Inspector Tunuki says, “Based on information we have gathered some youths came together at the place of the incident (Legakiki) to do a fundraising drive. They prepared some food and selected a site and started a fire to cook without realising that there is a bomb laying underground on the location which they built the fire on.”
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— Solomon Times Online (@SolomonTimes) May 9, 2021
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Source: Solomon Times