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Suspected WWII bomb blasts crater in German field |
2019-06-26 |
[DAWN] A bomb likely dating to World War II went kaboom!in a field in western Germany leaving a huge crater but no injuries, police said on Monday. The explosion left a 10-metre (33 feet) wide and four-metre deep hole after residents in Limburg heard a loud noise and felt the earth shake on Sunday morning. "The crater was examined on Monday by an explosive ordnance clearance service to find possible fragments," a police front man said. "The area was used for target practice during the Second World War," he added. A bomb disposal service front man said it was "highly possible" WWII ordnance was involved. A local government front man in the nearby city of Darmstadt told German daily Bild it was believed the bomb had a chemical-based delayed timer which could have finally eroded. |
Posted by:Fred |
#4 The 8th Air Force was hell on German agriculture with their precision bombing. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-06-26 08:26 |
#3 "The area was used for target practice during the Second World War," We used pretty much all of Germany for target practice by the end of the war. |
Posted by: Glenmore 2019-06-26 07:28 |
#2 Haliburton testing |
Posted by: Warthog 2019-06-26 06:17 |
#1 Rising methane from the tunneling mole people habitat. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2019-06-26 01:47 |