Bomb disposal experts neutralized a World War II artillery shell on an Ustka beach Thursday morning after a tourist discovered the unexploded ordnance the previous afternoon. <\/p>\n
The report regarding the shell reached authorities at 3:00 PM on Wednesday, August 5. The reporting person stated that it looked like an RPG launcher projectile. Police officers from the pyrotechnics and mining group secured the area. A fragment of the beach around the find was closed off until the arrival of summoned bomb disposal experts from L\u0119bork, as recounted by Micha\u0142 Jarz\u0105bek of the Municipal Police Headquarters in S\u0142upsk, cited by TVN24.<\/p>\n
On Thursday morning, bomb disposal experts appeared at the scene and neutralized the shell. Soldiers identified the object as an artillery projectile likely dating back to World War II. They retrieved the unexploded ordnance, and the operation concluded at around 8:30 AM, according to Jarz\u0105bek.<\/p>\n
According to Radio Gda\u0144sk, the projectile most likely originates from the Central Air Force Polygon in Ustka, located several kilometers away. Ocean currents and waves may have washed it ashore.<\/p>\n
What should you do when you find unexploded ordnance? The police remind citizens that military-grade explosives are practically completely resistant to all kinds of weather conditions and retain their explosive properties regardless of their production date.<\/p>\n
Explosive items include fuzes, projectiles, aerial bombs, artillery and rifle rounds, anti-tank weapons, grenades, mines, explosive charges, and metal scrap containing remnants of explosives.<\/p>\n
Failure to observe proper safety measures after finding unexploded ordnance or an explosion, and improper handling resulting from a lack of awareness of the threatening danger, can lead to numerous unnecessary misfortunes and even death, warns the police. Officers remind the public that upon finding such items, one must call the police. Uniformed personnel will inspect the found item and notify a military unit. Found unexploded ordnance must under no circumstances be lifted, dug up, moved, thrown into a fire, or discarded into places such as ponds or deep ditches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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