Four unexploded WWII bombs found in Štúrovo

The random finding of World War II bombs in a small Slovak town required the evacuation of an entire street.

Ammunition found in Štúrovo on April 19. Ammunition found in Štúrovo on April 19. (Source: TASR)

A street in the town of Štúrovo (in the south of the Nitra Region) on the Slovak-Hungarian border had to be evacuated on April 19 after the discovery of four unexploded Soviet bombs from World War II, weighing 100 kilograms each along with additional ammunition.

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Štúrovo police were alerted on that day by a local man, who while walking his dog in a field, noticed what appeared to be a grenade, the TASR newswire wrote. Police specialists on the scene found two hand grenades and one artillery shell. Subsequently, they decided to conduct a more thorough search, which resulted in the discovery of four 100-kilogram bombs in the area.

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“The scene has been sealed off and bomb-disposal experts continue to search,” Nitra regional police presidium spokesperson, Božena Bruchterová, told TASR. “The wartime ammunition has been transported to a safe place and defused,” she added.

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