{
  "id": 17925662,
  "title": "Explosive found at PNG wharf a 'wine bottle', Chinese embassy suggests",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/explosive-found-at-png-wharf-a-wine-bottle-chinese-embassy-suggests",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-03T07:03:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11-03/papua-new-guinea-artillery-shell-wine-bottle/107342264"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Papua New Guinea police and military discovered a large, weapon-grade explosive at a Port Moresby wharf, suggesting it was a Chinese military artillery projectile, according to a police report provided to criminal investigators. Despite claims by Chinese government officials that the object was a wine bottle, the Chinese Embassy in Port Moresby posted on social media that a company linked to the incident conducted on-site verification and confirmed the object was a shell-shaped wine bottle. However, sources close to the case indicate the police report identified the object as a 130mm Chinese Type 59 Artillery Projectile, containing chemical explosives and a fuse. Four Chinese nationals were arrested and taken into custody after the suspected artillery round was found in a commercial shipping container at a major wharf in Port Moresby. High-level Chinese officials stated they were keeping Papua New Guinea police fully updated on the developments while awaiting official findings of the police investigation.",
  "summary": "A police report drawing on analysis using an X-ray machine donated by Australia identifies the shell-shaped object as an undetonated artillery projectile.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}