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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mayuko Ono and Mari Yamaguchi

Nagasaki’s bells ring for the first time in 80 years to mark US atomic bombing

Nagasaki commemorated the 80th anniversary of the US atomic attack with twin cathedral bells ringing in unison in Nagasaki for the first time in 80 years.

The atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945 claimed approximately 70,000 lives.

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