A World War II ammunition depot has been destroyed in the Shumilino district

September 30, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. An arsenal of ammunition from the Great Patriotic War has been discovered in the Shumilino district, investigator-criminalist of the Vitebsk region prosecutor's office Alexander Kazakov told a BELTA correspondent. A local resident saw shells sticking out of the ground in a field near the village of Zhdanovka. He also reported the terrible find to the police. During the inspection of the dangerous area, sappers of the demining group of military unit 5524 discovered 16 mortar mines of 81 mm caliber and 162 similar shells of 50 mm caliber. The ammunition was destroyed. Another artillery shell of 120 mm caliber was found by a worker of Dubrovno Housing and Communal Services while performing earthworks in a field near the village of Redki. This find was also destroyed.-0-