WW2 ordnance found in island garden blown up
The World War Two device was blown up in a field after being found in the garden
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An unexploded World War Two ordnance has been removed and blown up after being found in an Isle of Wight garden.
The device was discovered in the garden of a home off Main Road in Wellow village on Friday morning at about 10:45 GMT.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a cordon was set up while the unexploded ordnance, which was described by the Royal Navy as a "small World War Two incendiary", was safely removed.
A Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team detonated the device in a controlled explosion in a nearby field.
A Royal Navy Bomb Disposal team carried out the controlled explosion in a nearby field
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