Controlled explosion carried out for second unexploded bomb on Shrewsbury building site
A controlled explosion has been carried out by Explosive Ordnance Disposal Officers, West Mercia Police confirm.
A second unexploded bomb was found on a building site in Shrewsbury this morning at around 9.50am.
It comes just a day after a device was discovered at the site on Copthorne Road on Wednesday.
A controlled explosion of the first unexploded bomb was carried out at 7.30pm on Wednesday night.
A 50-metre safety cordon was put in place on Thursday morning and officers from Explosive Ordnance Disposal attended the scene.
West Mercia Police confirmed shortly after 11.30am that cordon had been lifted, and that a "controlled explosion had been carried out".
