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Old Explosives Found In Downtown

• 25 Jul 2019 8:18 AM
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Two bombs dating from the second world war were recently found in downtown Budapest, a Hungarian Army bomb disposal unit communications officer told MTI.

The unit has so far found a Soviet and a German explosive device near the Ferris wheel on Erzsébet Square in the city centre, Milán Gajdos said.

Pedestrian traffic was restricted in a fifty-meter radius around the area popular with tourists.

MTI Photo: Mihádák Zoltán

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