Friday, March 20, 2009
Accountability
From Spiegel Online:
Many Germans have made a hobby of searching for and collecting World War II relics scattered across the country. The victims, two good friends, are reported to have acquired a metal detector for just that purpose.You can find bombs and shells, but if you mess with them you will pay for it, if you survive.
According to German media reports, the two men, both aged 40, had made a small backyard campfire and consumed a few beers before apparently deciding to take a closer look at one of their recent finds. A short time later neighbors heard an explosion.
One of the two was killed immediately, while the other was transported by helicopter to a Berlin hospital where he is being treated for life-threatening injuries.
It is not yet clear how the men were in possession of the explosive device and Lange said that it had not yet been determined if the men had sawed, drilled or tampered in any other way with the explosive.
Depending on the outcome of the investigation the surviving victim could find himself charged with illegally igniting heavy explosives.
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