WWII Ordnance Responses Continue to Across Europe

Krakow, Poland / Weesp, Netherlands Construction sites in two separate countries experienced accidental discoveries of undetonated WWII UXO on the same day. The Netherlands and Poland both saw evacuations and emergency responses to deal with the uncovered ordnance.

The first was a site for a new university residence building at Jagiellonian University in Krakow where workers uncovered more than 200 unexploded WWII anti-tank mines, prompting response from Army EOD teams. According to a police statement, authorities cordoned off the surrounding area while army sappers safely removed the explosives for neutralization.

Construction work has since been suspended until while additional inspections insure no dangerous materials remain underground.

Likewise on the same day, a WWII bomb was uncovered near a train station in The Netherlands. The massive aircraft bomb weighing over 500 pounds was discovered near the railway in the town of Weesp, just southeast of Amsterdam.

Railway traffic was suspended in the region, and a 250-meter radius around the find was cordoned off. Residents of nearby houseboats were also temporarily evacuated as EOD safely removed the ordnance for safe disposal off-site.