Belarus: Stash with improvised explosive device parts found at Belarusian-Ukrainian border


A stash with components for making explosive devices has been found at the border with Ukraine, BelTA learned from the spokesman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anton Bychkovsky.

Anton Bychkovsky said that a Belarusian border patrol found a stash with components for making improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the course of operating procedures in the responsibility strip of the Zhitomir branch of the Ukrainian border service.

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