Controlled Explosion After Artillery Shell Found in River Aire, Leeds City Centre

Sunday 19 January 2025 

At 12.46pm today (Sunday), police received a report of an old artillery shell having been found by a magnet fisher in the River Aire off South Accommodation Road in Leeds city centre.

Emergency services attended and a cordon was put in place as a precaution for public safety.

Army bomb disposal experts attended and examined the item.

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