Beijing Claims Suspected Artillery Shell Found in PNG Is a ‘Wine Bottle’
Four Chinese nationals are in custody over what PNG's police chief calls an 'artillery round,' but the embassy says 'poses no danger at all.'
TL;DR
- A mysterious object was found among building materials in a shipping container in Papua New Guinea.
- Police and military authorities are investigating the object, with bomb disposal experts examining it.
- Police Commissioner David Manning described the object as an "artillery round."
- Four Chinese nationals have been arrested in connection with the find.
- The Chinese embassy claims the object is a wine bottle and poses no danger.