Taiwan's 155mm artillery shell misfired, and three private houses were avoided...There are no casualties
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According to local media such as the Yonhap News Network, a 155mm Goksa artillery shell missed its target and fell into a private house during a live artillery drill conducted by the Taiwanese Army in the morning of the 4th.
The accident damaged some of the houses of three nearby households and broke trees, but there were no casualties.
Taiwan's Army Education and Training Corps said "A shell landed in a private house due to an unidentified accident during a shooting exercise."
The commander of the unit immediately visited the scene, apologized and consoled the residents, and promised to compensate for the damage.
According to local media, the shell went off target and shocked the door of the house, before breaking a tree in a nearby house.
After that, it fell to the ground and flew about 250 meters, shocked the brick fence of another house, and stopped.
The couple of the first damaged house heard a loud shock while preparing breakfast at the time. After checking the CCTV footage, he found out that the shell passed through the house. The third damaged furniture also heard the sound of the brick fence breaking and went outside to check, and found the shell on the ground.
Taiwan's army estimated that the accident may have been caused by a lack of artillery charge.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
