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Construction site sealed for suspicious shells
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-07-05 21:24
The construction site where three unidentified shells were excavated in
Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, was sealed and all
construction workers were dismissed, local police sources said Monday.
The construction site was sealed soon after three unidentified shells were
unearthed on Saturday. One of the shells was broken, unleashing pungent smog.
Workers who had touched the shell felt difficult to breathe, but none of them
showed tangible abnormal symptoms.
On Monday, over 80 construction workers left the construction site in
succession.
At the work sheds near the construction site, only three or four workers
still remained, but they were all going to leave.
"Since the construction work was ceased and every day will cost money, most
of us chose to leave the site," said one worker.
"Bombs excavated in Qiqihar had poisoned people to death. Who knows whether
the three shells are poisonous or not? It's better for us to leave before a
conclusion is drawn," said Liu Haiyi, a worker from Zhaozhou County,
Heilongjiang Province.
"The construction has just begun. It's not easy for us migrant workers to
find a job in the city. We hope that a conclusion can be drawn soon so that we
can come back to work as early as possible," said Ji Baohong, who is also
working at the site.
Local police and antichemical personnel with the army removed the shells
Saturday night for checkup. But a conclusion cannot be made until the final
examination of antichemical personnel from Beijing who are scheduled to arrive
Monday night, according to sources with the local police.
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