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Ypres: World War One weapon explodes, killing two | Ypres: World War One weapon explodes, killing two |
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A shell or grenade buried in western Belgium since World War One, has exploded, killing two people. | |
At least two more were injured, one of whom is in critical condition. | At least two more were injured, one of whom is in critical condition. |
The device was set off as workmen at a building site in Ypres were trying to dig it up. | The device was set off as workmen at a building site in Ypres were trying to dig it up. |
A strategic city, Ypres was shelled by German forces for most of the war and unexploded weapons are often found there. | |
The area, where a factory is being built, has been sealed off and local explosives experts have been brought in. | The area, where a factory is being built, has been sealed off and local explosives experts have been brought in. |
It is thought that thousands of explosives from the 1914-1918 war still lie buried in and around Ypres, yet to be discovered. | It is thought that thousands of explosives from the 1914-1918 war still lie buried in and around Ypres, yet to be discovered. |
Every year the former battlefields of western Belgium throw up hundreds of Great War armaments. Most are destroyed without incident by a special Belgian army bomb squad. | Every year the former battlefields of western Belgium throw up hundreds of Great War armaments. Most are destroyed without incident by a special Belgian army bomb squad. |
Despite that, several hundred people have been killed in similar explosions since the end of the war. | Despite that, several hundred people have been killed in similar explosions since the end of the war. |
The Flanders battlefields cover dozens of cities where Allied forces clashed with their Germany enemies for most of the war. | The Flanders battlefields cover dozens of cities where Allied forces clashed with their Germany enemies for most of the war. |
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