2 'steel bombs' found at same Kerala site where blast killed 1 in 2023

NEW DELHI: Police discovered two suspected steel bombs on Tuesday from private property in Muliyathode near Panur in north Kerala district. The location was the same site where an explosion occurred last year during the production of homemade explosives, resulting in one fatality and one severe injury.A Panur police station official stated that the landowner alerted them about the potential explosives in the morning, prompting immediate deployment of the bomb squad to the location.The property owner explained that his brother spotted the suspected bombs whilst harvesting coconuts and clearing the land with workers."He immediately informed the police," the landowner told a TV channel.Television footage showed bomb disposal experts collecting two small steel containers, placing them in a sand-filled bucket before transporting them for examination.According to police officials, both bomb and canine units have been assigned to the area to conduct searches for additional explosive devices.