Staff Reporter
SPECIALISED divers from Spain’s Guardia Civil police force discovered an explosive device last month just 400 metres from a popular tourist beach on the country’s popular Costa Blanca.
The artefact was found during a training session near Playa del Postiguet, in Alicante, Valencia region.
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The area was targeted by air raids during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), leaving unexploded munitions such as this one scattered around.
A video released by the force shows specialists manipulating the unexploded bomb, which was located nine metres under the surface.
The footage also shows them placing a warning sign on the weeds in the vicinity of the device, as well as video above the surface of a controlled explosion.
Just a week ago, an unexploded munitions shell was discovered in Gran Canaria by a recycling plant worker, The Mirror reported.
