300-kilo WWI bomb removed in Belgrade

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 22, 2024 7:04 pm

BELGRADE — A century-old artillery round weighing nearly 300 kilograms (660 pounds), was safely removed on Sunday from a construction site near the Serbian Parliament in Belgrade, police said.

The 305mm 'Morser M.11' howitzer shell, found last Wednesday, was used by the Austro-Hungarian army during the July 1914 siege of the capital during World War I, Interior Minister Ivica Dacic ahead of the removal operation.

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