France: Over 200 WWII Mortar Shells Discovered Under School Sandpit


Construction workers renovating a school playground in France over the summer vacation made a discovery that made their blood run cold. Beneath the school’s sandbox lay more than 200 mortar shells, grenades, and nearly a ton of machine gun cartridges from the Second World War.

The ammunition was uncovered on July 11 in the courtyard of the Jules-Verne Elementary School in the town of Tain-l’Hermitage in Drôme in southeastern France.

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Source: Newsweek