Two unexploded landmines found in Kinmen

Two unexploded landmines found in Kinmen
12/13/2020 06:03 PM
Photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Administration
Taipei, Dec. 13 (CNA) Two old unexploded landmines were found Saturday in Kinmen, an island that was the frontline in Taiwan's defense against attacks by Communist Chinese forces in the late 1940s and into the 70s, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) said on Sunday.
The two landmines were spotted in a coastal area on the western side of Kinmen's Lieyu Township by a passerby, who informed local authorities late Saturday, the CGA said in a press release.
According to the press release, the CGA immediately dispatched its 9th Coastal Patrol Corps to the site, where the objects were identified as American M3 landmines, a kind of anti-personnel landmines designed to wound or kill by its fragmentation.

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