Hand grenade found in Tyrol

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Innsbruck police evacuated a park after a man discovered a hand grenade.The object was found near a waterfall yesterday morning (Sun). Strong rainfalls may have unearthed the grenade, police said today (Mon). It was defused and removed by experts of the federal interior ministry.The ministry’s teams have offices across the country to be on site […]

Another WWII missile secured in Vienna

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The discovery of a wartime hand grenade caused panic in Vienna yesterday (Tues).Workers called the police after unearthing the World War Two era grenade during excavation activities at a building site in Landstraße district yesterday morning, police in the capital announced today.Explosives experts of the federal interior ministry, who were alerted by police, secured the […]

Teen hides WWII grenade in bedroom

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A teenager kept a World War Two grenade in his bedroom for more than a year, it has emerged.Police in Kuchl, Salzburg, said today (Mon) the 16-year-old’s father informed them he had discovered the weapon under piles of clothing and comic books in a wardrobe when cleaning up his son’s messy bedroom on the weekend.The […]