Another day, another bomb from our warring days safely disposed. Just as the weekend arrived last Friday, Sengkang West residents held in bated breath as Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) personnel gently removed a suspected war relic from a construction site.
SAF’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team were activated that night to assess and dispose the 105mm British projectile from the construction site.
Yesterday evening, our SAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) was activated when a suspected war relic was found at a…
Posted by The Singapore Army on Friday, 22 January 2016
Meanwhile, a squadron of police officers were deployed to set up a security cordon and conduct house visits to advise residents nearby to stay indoors, and not be alarmed.
The Independent however reported a highly maddening incident in which one of the residents of Fernvale Lea refused to open the doors to a policeman, believing that he was an impostor. Stupidly enough, he wanted to report the incident to the police — even though it really was a policeman who was just trying to do his job.
