Big WW2 Bomb Found In Hungary Finally Neutralised

  • 25 Feb 2021 7:52 AM
  • Hungary Matters
Big WW2 Bomb Found In Hungary Finally Neutralised
Bomb disposal experts neutralised a 100kg Soviet-made WW2 bomb found at a construction site in downtown Miskolc, in northern Hungary.

Explosives experts established that the bomb had a detonator, which had to be defused at the site, Milán Gajdos told MTI.

Local residents, more than 100 people, were evacuated from 32 buildings in an area with a 200 metre radius around the site, he said.

The experts disassembled the explosive device at the site and moved the bomb to a central army base for dismantling, Gajdos said after the operation.

Local residents could afterwards return to their homes, he said.

MTI Photo: János Vajda

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