住宅街の工事現場で不発弾か　自衛隊が回収、住民一時避難―東京

　４日午後４時２０分ごろ、東京都北区赤羽西の住宅街にある工事現場で、「不発弾らしきものがある」と工事関係者から１１０番があった。防衛省などによると、自衛隊の不発弾処理隊が出動し、さびた不発弾のようなものを発見。爆発の危険性はないと判断し、回収した。
　警視庁赤羽署によると、近隣住民などにけが人はなかった。
　同署は周囲に規制線を張り、近隣住民に避難を促したが、午後７時すぎに規制を解除した。
　近くの公民館に一時避難したという近隣の男性（６６）は「この辺りは戦時中に爆弾を落とされたと聞いていた。（不発弾が）見つかってもおかしくないと思っていた」と語った。近くに住む女性は「怖い。爆発なんて起きたら引っ越しも考えないと」と驚いた様子だった。
　現場はＪＲ赤羽駅から南西に約５００メートルの住宅街。付近には小学校や味の素ナショナルトレーニングセンターなどがある。（2024/10/04-21:35）

An object looking like an unexploded bomb has been found in a residential area in Tokyo, with nearby residents temporarily urged to stay away from the site of the discovery.
   Around 4:20 p.m. Friday, police received an emergency call reporting that there is something that appears to be a dud shell at a construction site in a residential neighborhood in the Akabanenishi district in Kita Ward in the Japanese capital.
   A Self-Defense Forces dud shell disposal unit sent to the scene in response to the phone call from a person related to the construction work found what looks like a rusty unexploded shell, sources including the Defense Ministry said. The unit recovered the object, concluding that there is no risk of explosion.
   No one was injured in the incident, according to the Akabane police station of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department. The police station cordoned off areas around the site until shortly after 7 p.m., with local residents temporarily urged to evacuate.
   "I've heard that bombs were dropped in this area" during World War II, a 66-year-old man living nearby who temporarily evacuated to a local community center said. "I had thought it wouldn't be strange if (unexploded bombs) are found."