FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- The death of a road worker from a World War II-era bomb has raised concerns among Germans about such unexploded munitions that are found in their country.
Germans continue to encounter unexploded bombs in fields or city streets, reported The New York Times. This week near Frankfurt a highway worker died after his cutting machine struck a World War II bomb beneath a busy highway. Five other people were injured and several cars were damaged in the explosion.
Separately, a 500-pound bomb, later defused, was found near a Hanover highway. Such discoveries have led to mass evacuations from those localities.
"We'll have enough work to keep us busy for the next 100 to 120 years," Sebastian Semmler, owner of a company specializing in defusing and clearing munitions, told the Times.
The Times said allied warplanes dropped about 2 million tons of explosives on Germany during the war more than 60 years ago. Experts say besides unexploded bombs, there are buried mortars, land mines and hand grenades. The munitions are discovered during road construction or excavations.
