Euskirchen - World War II grenade discovered between sugar beets
On Saturday evening, employees at a company in North Rhine-Westphalia discovered a World War II grenade among delivered sugar beets. The fuse of the grenade was apparently still intact, according to the Euskirchen district police authority on Sunday. The grenade was detonated during the night in a controlled manner by the explosive ordnance disposal service. There was no danger to the population of Euskirchen at any time.
It is unclear exactly how the war grenade got under the sugar beet, said a spokesman for the Euskirchen district police authority. However, it was presumably harvested together with the sugar beet from a field in Euskirchen, which was once heavily affected by the war, and then unknowingly transported to the farm. Because the harvest was carried out by machine, the grenade was only discovered on the farm.
Press release from the Euskirchen district police authority
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- Despite the discovery of the World War II grenade on a farm in Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, the district police authority assured that no danger was posed to the local population.
- Responsible for safely detonating the grenade was the explosive ordnance disposal service, which operated in the district of Euskirchen, Germany.
- The origin of the war grenade remains unclear, but it was likely harvested alongside sugar beets from a former battlefield in Euskirchen, then unknowingly transported to the farm, where it was eventually discovered by employees.
- Incidents like this serve as a reminder of the consequences of war, which can still impact the daily lives of German communities, in this case, through the discovery of an unexploded ordnance.
Source: www.stern.de
