Four Bacolod fishermen yesterday found a demolition bomb weighing about 300 pounds in the territorial waters of Brgy. Sum-ag, Bacolod City at about 7 a.m..

Tony Jainga, 50, of Zone 4, Calong-Calong, Brgy. Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City, told the DAILY STAR yesterday, that he and two others were fishing in the sea when they noticed a heavy object in their fishnets.

Jainga said he dove to check the object and was surprised to see the vintage bomb that was covered with thick mud and oysters. He said he was planning to sell the item to a junk shop to make money out of it.

Jainga's nephew, Resty, 21, claimed he, his uncle and their two neighbors pulled the bomb to the seashore where their neighbors gathered to see it.

The general purpose demolition bomb measures about one-meter long, 12 inches in diameter with less than 150 kilos of Trinitrotoluene, or TNT, Bacolod bomb expert Denny Montoya yesterday said.

Montoya said the demolition bomb that had been used for destroying buildings, could withstand time, even up to 100 years even if it is soaked in seawater. It could also explode when exposed to extreme heat or hit with a hard object since its TNT content has no expiration, he said.*DMG

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