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What happened when a German bomb hit the Holy Mary church in Malta in 1942?

posted September 27th, 2008 History, Religion, Warfare

In April 1942 a German heavy air force bomb hit the Holy Mary church’s roof and left a hole in it in the city of Mosta in Malta. There were 300 people at mass in the church at the time. What happened?

a) The bomb was left hanging from a large chandelier and the parishioners were able to get out before it exploded. The priest, who had fled to the sacristry, was hit in the head by a large crucifix.
b) The bomb exploded in a pit of water on top of a large stone; the church’s roof was thrown hundreds of meters away but the only parishioner hurt was a drunken sleeping butcher.
c) The bomb didn’t explode, but fell to the floor through a wall. Nobody was hurt.
d) The bomb continued in flight and exited through a window, where it exploded and destroyed about a hundred houses. Nobody was hurt, because everyone was in church.

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