Suspected WWII bomb wounds Okinawa worker
cnn
14-Jan-2009

TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A worker was severely injured Wednesday when a bomb, believed to be left over from World War II, went off at a construction site in Okinawa, police said. The impact of the explosion in the city of Itoman damaged nearly 100 windows in a nursing home near the site and wounded a 75-year-old resident, said Osamu Hamada of the city's police force.The worker -- 25-year-old Jun Kohagura -- was at the water supply construction site when the bomb exploded, injuring him in the face.

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