Danish army command representative Ain Amripour stressed that this incident was not unique – similar cases had already occurred.
Danish Defense Forces sappers detonate a 130kg World War II deep-sea bomb caught by a fisherman in a net south of the island of Langeland in the Baltic Sea. The Danish Ministry of Defense reported this on the X social network.
In a brief message, the Danish Ministry of Defense clarified that the bomb exploded at a depth of 12.5 meters, 3.2 kilometers from the coast. The explosion caused a large column of water.
Danish army spokesman Ain Amripour told Ritzau that the fisherman contacted the Danish defense department at 7am on Sunday.
“Fishermen usually know what to do when they get bullets in their nets. They contact the authorities and then the Navy Mine Explosive Service comes and inspects it,” he said.
According to him, this kind of incident is not common.
“It regularly happens that fishermen bring out the remains of (bombs – ed.) from the Second World War,” the spokesman clarified.
Minører fra @forsvaretdk har bortsprængt en 130kg tung dybvandsbombe, som en fisker havde fajj i nettet syd for Langeland. Detonering foregik at 12.5m depth and 3.2km from the coast.#dkforsvar #værdatkæmpefor pic.twitter.com/cH27KygDXn
— Forsvaret (@forsvaretdk) December 3, 2023
As already written, the mercenaries of a private Russian military company Wagner involved in the bombing of the strategically important Shambat Bridge in Sudan.
Earlier, information appeared in the media that the special forces of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine were apparently involved in the cleansing of mercenaries. Wagner in Sudan.
Source: korrespondent
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