Ugandan School Found Using Bomb As Bell

A bomb-awareness team was shocked to find that an elementary school in Uganda was using an unexploded bomb as a school bell when the team arrived to teach students about the dangers of unexploded mines and how to identify bombs.

Worse, the bomb was still active -- at a school of about 700 students. Wilson Bwambale, coordinator of the Anti-Mine Network Rwenzori, told the Daily Monitor:

"Its head was still active, which means that if it is hit by a stronger force, it would explode instantly and cause untold destruction in the area.”

The discovery was made when Bwambale and his team noticed teachers striking the bomb with a stone to call the students to assemble for his team's awareness presentation.

This was the second bomb found in a school in the last six months -- the first was found in another primary school when students were using it as a toy.

The bomb has been secured and will be detonated in a cordoned area.

Comments

[imokit]

12:23 PM on 07/06/2011

Me thinks that everyone in Uganda needs basic, "this is what a bomb looks like training." Good thing the bomb awareness dudes were there.

[LA is Great]

01:32 AM on 07/06/2011

Uganda schools, sounds about as brilliant as the NYC schools! I wonder if the teachers union okayed it!

[vtmilitia]

11:04 PM on 07/05/2011

School is a blast in Uganda.

[spoonbill1963]

11:18 AM on 07/05/2011

I love it!