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Restored Nagasaki bell rings in 80 years since A-bomb
About 74,000 people were killed in the southwestern port city of Nagasaki, on top of the 140,000 killed in Hiroshima
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AFP - Sat, 09, Aug 2025
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Attendees pray for the victims on the day of a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the bombing of the city, at Nagasaki's Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, August 9, 2025. / REUTERS/Issei Kato
Twin cathedral bells rang in unison Aug 9 in Japan's Nagasaki for the first time since the atomic bombing of the city 80 years ago, commemorating the moment of horror.
On August 9, 1945, at 11:02 am, three days after a nuclear attack on Hiroshima, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
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