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Berbourg roadworks unearth 31 grenades
31 World War 2 grenades that had laid dormant for nearly 70 years were unearth by surprised workers at a Berbourg roadworks site.
Published on 02/03/2010 by Adam Walder | Read 1548 times.
Workers at a road construction site in Berbourg got a surprise on Monday when they discovered not one but 31 grenades!
The grenades were identified as the type used by the Germany army during the Second World War and had been hiding under tarmac for almost 70 years. Their unearthing presented a potential danger.
In total 30 mortar grenades and one white phosphorous grenade were discovered, and the site was closed on Tuesday while it was searched for other possible munitions lurking underground.
If it had been a demolition site, the grenades could have proved handy!
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