The bomb, an American-made 64-pound AN-M500 type bomb, was found with the fuses still functioning. Having carried out the necessary procedures to make the area safe, with the evacuation of over 17.000 people and the interruption of traffic on the A12 motorway, the SS1 Aurelia and the municipal roads between Massa and Carrara, the Army bomb squads have defused the bomb on the spot.
Subsequently, the bomb was transported to a nearby quarry where it was safely detonated at 15:30 pm.
The intervention was carried out by the specialists of the 2nd Pontieri Engineers Regiment of Piacenza, which is one of the 12 Army regiments capable of intervening for the reclamation of explosive devices and remnants of war.
Over the last 10 years, the interventions have been over 30000.
The Army, thanks to the "dual-use" capacity of the Engineering Departments, in addition to operational use in international missions, is able to intervene promptly, throughout the national territory, in support of the population, in interventions of public utility .
The Army is the only Armed Force responsible for training the bomb squads of all the Police Forces, Armed Forces and Armed Corps of the State.
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Source: Army General Staff
