The device was identified during excavation work for the supply of electricity for municipal lighting.
The blasting was carried out on site due to the impossibility of removing the bomb due to the imperfect conditions of the ignition device.
The activities, coordinated by the Prefecture of Crotone and supported by an adequate safety device, have ended containing the inconvenience to the population to a minimum.
This is the first intervention since the beginning of 11 for the bomb squads of the 2015th engineer regiment
During the 2014, the Army bomb squads completed around 2250 specialized remediation interventions throughout the country.
Source: Army Majority Staff
