Overview
- Police reported that two anti-aircraft shells from World War II were discovered during a house clearance in Freihung, and a special Landeskriminalamt unit detonated them on a harvested field because they could not be moved.
- In a separate incident children found two grenades in a forest near Löbau and carried them home before police and Kampfmittel-Experten secured and destroyed the devices, which appear to date from World War I.
- Both responses were completed without reported injuries and authorities said the controlled detonation in Freihung proceeded as planned that evening.
- Officials said age and weathering often make old munitions unstable and unsafe to transport, which is why specialized teams such as the LKA and Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst handle containment and disposal on site.
- Authorities urged the public to keep distance, not touch or move suspect items, mark the location if safe, and notify police because wartime ordnance is still regularly uncovered during clearances, construction, or in former battle areas.