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Nagasaki remembers atomic bomb victims 80 years on with minute of silence

A minute of silence was observed Saturday in Nagasaki, precisely at the time of the atomic bomb explosion dropped by a US bomber on the Japanese city 80 years ago, while the restored bell tower of the city’s church rang for the first time since.

On 9 August 1945, at 11:02 am, just three days after Hiroshima, Nagasaki was struck by the horror of a nuclear attack.

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