Rescue Board defuses World War Two-era bomb found in Kakumäe


The Rescue Board (Päästeamet) closed off the residential district of Kakumäe, just west of Tallinn, on Monday, in order to defuse an unexploded wartime aerial bomb found there the day before.

“Defusing work is taking place on the Kakumäe shore in Haabersti today from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.,” the board announced on its Twitter page Monday.

According to a press release from the board, a member of the public called the alarm center (Hairekeskus) at 1.50 p.m. on Sunday and reported that they had found what looked like an explosive device in Kakumäe, Haabersti district. On Monday, the Rescue Board’s bomb disposal squad went to destroy the discovered artifact.

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Source: ERR News