More than 20 World War II aerial bombs defused in Vitebsk region

January 17, Vitebsk /Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. More than 20 World War II-era aerial bombs have been neutralized in the Vitebsk region over the past three days, the information and public relations department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Internal Affairs Directorate told a BELTA correspondent. On January 16, 14 Soviet-made "AO-8" aerial bombs were discovered during excavation work in a quarry near the village of Makarovo. Nine similar munitions were found on January 14 in the vicinity of the village of Rozhnovo. All explosive findings were transported to a safe location and destroyed by a demining group of military unit 5524 of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.-0-