There is a bomb in Cala Cipolla, a few meters from the shore: everyone away. The beach was cleared in recent days, when the mayor of Domus de Maria , Concetta Spada, received the communication from the Coast Guard, alerted by "a citizen", we read in the Captaincy document. That device is in the water, only one and a half meters deep: bathing is prohibited, going on the sand is prohibited but also walking on the municipal road called "Baccu Mannu Semaforo " which from Viale Spartivento leads to the Capo Spartivento lighthouse ».
Spada was forced to cordon off the area and place a permanent garrison of the local police: despite signs and fences, there were those who didn't care and tried to enjoy the last remnants of summer, but at their own risk. "I asked: I was told by the Harbor Office that that bomb is dangerous", explains the first citizen, "we had to protect public safety".
During the summer season Cala Cipolla is an inlet with a high, very high number of swimmers. There you can sunbathe and dive all year round. The Capo Teulada shooting range is just a stone's throw away. Did that bomb remain in the water following the exercises? Is it a "historic" war device (like the one that will be detonated on the 28th in the Capitana area)?
At the moment there are no official answers: to have certainties, the specialists of the SDAI of the Navy, i.e. the members of the Demining and Defense Against Insidious Vehicles group, must intervene.
One fact remains, of course : it is the second time in the same tourist season that on the southwestern side of Sardinia the sea has been closed off due to a bomb threat. The previous one dates back to the first days of July, in the port of Teulada: everything had been stopped for a day, waiting for the explosion.
This time the ban imposed is much longer: the mayor's ordinance was signed on Friday, September 22nd. The intervention of specialists is expected no earlier than tomorrow.