Cache of Live Artillery Rounds Found Near Train Tracks

Montgomery County, Alabama CSX Railroad employees called police after finding a cache of unexploded artillery projectiles stored in a wooded area a short distance away from the train tracks. The police responded with the Montgomery Police Department Bomb Squad. The artillery projectiles were identified as live unfuzed high explosive filled projectiles. From the pictures released, the munitions appear to be unused relatively new munitions.

Department of Homeland Security was called to support the call to investigate a possibility that the projectiles were placed there as an act of terrorism. The artillery projectiles were safely removed from the area. An investigation is underway to determine how the munitions ended up at the location.