Croatian police released videos of the complex and dangerous operation that showed divers fixing straps to the 1,500-pound piece of aged World War II ordnance so it could be moved.
Another video showed the distant explosion of the device that sent a tremendous plume of seawater skyward.Officials moved it further away from the city before detonating it with a special police unit.The Nazi-laid mine had laid buried in the seabed since World War II.according to CGTNEurope.
Two dozen people took part in the detonation, which was delicately carried out, Krasny said. Anything else “would be too dangerous for the citizens and the infrastructure,” he said. Historic Rijeka, which sits perched on the nation’s northwest corner, is known as Croatia’s principal seaport and its third-largest city.Australian War Memorial/Wikimedia CommonsCroatian police released videos of the dangerous operation.The Axis powers occupied the city for much of World War II, and the city suffered heavy damage from the conflict.With Post wires
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