[ad_1]
In about an hour, the soldiers defused a one-ton air bomb found on the Kvassay bridge in the capital.
Milan Gajdos, a communications officer for the Hungarian Armed Forces fire brigade, told MTI on Sunday evening: Soldiers will transport the bomb body to the Hungarian Armed Forces central collection point for further destruction. Added:
Police lifted the closure of the ordered area in the area.
Photo: MTI / MTI Photo
The communications officer had previously reported that a firefighter on duty had received a police report on Friday that the IX. district, in the closed construction area between the Kvassay bridge and the Danube, a suspected explosive body was found during the earthworks. At the scene, the fire marshal discovered that a US-made one-ton air bomb made on a World War II GP-2000 had been found with the nose lighter cocked.
Soldiers began deactivating the explosive device around 8 p.m. Sunday and completed it before 9 p.m.
A firefighter operation by the time police closed the area in a radius of about one kilometer. The Rákóczi bridge, Soroksári út de Vágóhíd utca, Máriássy utca de Mester utca, Könyves Kálmán körút de Mester utca, Kvassay Jenő utca de Gubacsi út a Hentes utca, Weiss Manfréd utca de Védgát utca were closed and emptied. dam and the affected section of the Danube. This also affected public transport and rail traffic.
Major Csaba Horváth, who spoke at the scene Sunday night on public service television, previously said that a long-range evacuation of the area was needed because, in the event of an explosion, shrapnel could cause serious damage even inside of a kilometer.
[ad_2]
