Bomb on the Westbahn, grenade on Bach: two war relics in one day

The series of bomb finds in Upper Austria continues: Today at around 9.15 a.m. in Wels, a relic from the Second World War was discovered during excavation work along the western route. A 100 meter exclusion zone was set up in the area of ​​the airfield road. Long-distance traffic on the railway line could be diverted, and regional traffic was discontinued. At 10.15 a.m. the all-clear was given again, the bomb was secured and removed by specialists.

Grenade find at Bach

Half an hour before the discovery in Wels, a man in the Steyr-Land district had reported to the police: he had discovered a grenade on the banks of the Gaflenzbach in the municipality of Weyer. Police officers examined the war relic and informed the demining service, who identified it as a Russian throwable grenade, caliber eight centimeters, from World War II, recovered it and transported it away. According to the police, cordoning off measures were not necessary in this case due to the difficult access location.