PICTURES/VIDEO: How to remove a bomb from Aberdeen beach By P&J Reporter October 19 2015, 9:45 am October 19 2015, 9:45 am Share PICTURES/VIDEO: How to remove a bomb from Aberdeen beach Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/727145/controlled-explosion-aberdeen-beach-causes-morning-delays/ Copy Link An explosive device which washed up on Aberdeen beach has been removed by a specialist bomb squad. A controlled explosion was carried out at around 9.25am. The area around the Beach Esplanade was again closed off so the team could carry out the dramatic removal, but should reopen soon. Yesterday a member of the public informed the police that they had found the device, belived to be a German mine, at 3.40pm yesterday Beach Esplanade was closed from the roundabout with The Beach Ballroom, the junction with Park Road and the junction with King Street. It was reopened at around 8.15pm with the section of the beach where the device was found, being guarded by police overnight. This is the moment the device was set off. Pictures by: Kami Thomson Specialist crews on the scene preparing the explosive for safe removal. Pictures by: Kami Thomson One of the team making final preparations. Pictures by: Kami Thomson The bomb crew liaising with police. Pictures by: Kami Thomson Police guard the scene, yesterday, where the German device was found
