Children Fish out World War II Ammunition From Pond in Germany
Rebecca Staudenmaier
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Three children who went fishing in the eastern Germany over the weekend ended up reeling in an unsettling find, police reported on Sunday.
The children used a strong magnet to go fishing in a pond near the village of Wölfis in the eastern state of Thuringia on Saturday.
When they went to pull in their line, however, the children were shocked to discover they'd snagged several pieces of World War II ammunition and bullet fragments.
After realising what they'd stumbled across, the children immediately called the police.
Authorities quickly secured the area, located near around 20 kilometres outside the city of Gotha. No one was injured in the operation.
Bomb disposal experts defused a World War 2 bomb at a construction site next to the central train station in Berlin, Germany, April 20, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Axel Schmidt
In a statement, police cautioned people against practising the "unusual and not recommended hobby."
They also urged anyone who comes across items they believe to be World War II ammunition or bombs to leave them where they were found and immediately alert the police.
Nearly 75 years after the end of World War II, Germany is still littered with bombs and other unexploded ordnance.
This article was originally published on DW.
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