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EOD Engineers Destroy Ammunition in Cantemir and Anenii Noi


CHISINAU, September 7, 2015 — The National Army EOD engineers neutralized six explosives in Leca village, Cantemir district, on Sunday, September 6.

According to LTC Serghei Chilivnic, specialist, EOD Division of the National Army, the artillery projectiles of 152 mm caliber were found by a group of children while swimming in Prut river. Immediately, the local authorities called the military EOD engineers who destroyed the ammunition under maximum security conditions. The mine-clearance operation was carried out by the EOD engineers of “Dacia” Brigade from Cahul.

The source mentioned that other 19 explosive devices — artillery projectiles of 152 mm and 76 mm calibers, as well as bomb-launcher bombs — were disposed at the beginning of August in Serpeni village, Anenii Noi district. The ammunition dated back to World War II and was discovered in the nearby forest by a group of local citizens.

This year, the National Army EOD engineers destroyed 335 explosive devices throughout the country.


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