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A 25-pound mortar shell found unexploded in a garden outside an Arnhem home. May 1, 2016 (Twitter / @WA_Westerhof / Arnhem police)
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A 25-pound mortar shell found unexploded in a garden outside an Arnhem home. May 1, 2016 (Twitter / @WA_Westerhof / Arnhem police)
Monday, 2 May 2016 - 13:48
Video: Kids find unexploded WWII shell in Arnhem garden
With reporting by Jacopo Bernardini.
Children playing outside an abandoned house in Arnhem made the surprising discovery of an unexploded 25-pound shell left over from World War II. The British projectile weapon was found in the garden of the house on Sunday afternoon.
An explosives ordinance team was dispatched to the scene in the Gelderland city’s Geitenkamp district. The experts then removed the mortar shell from the location and brought it to a field where they detonated it.
There were no injuries in the resultant blast. It is not known how long the unexploded shell laid dormant at the location where it was found.
Boem, daar ging de granaat uit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. EOD is weer huiswaarts met de overgebleven resten. pic.twitter.com/IiQF2y85Xv
— Daan Langkamp (@Daanlangkamp) May 1, 2016
Midden in de wijk Geitenkamp is dit projectiel gevonden door spelende kinderen bij een onbewoond huis. EOD onderweg. pic.twitter.com/R4W557tWAv
— Daan Langkamp (@Daanlangkamp) May 1, 2016
Explosief aangetroffen op #Geitenkamp Arnhem met @r_huls. EOD is onderweg. pic.twitter.com/XIrj1Z06uU
— Wijkagent Henk Westerhof (@WA_Arnhemsbroek) May 1, 2016