A resident of the Vitebsk region found an anti-tank mine in his apartment

August 27, Minsk /Corr. BELTA/. A resident of Vitebsk district found an anti-tank mine from the Great Patriotic War in his apartment. This was reported to BELTA correspondent by the Information and Public Relations Department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Department of Internal Affairs. Vitebsk District Department of Internal Affairs received a report that in the village of Sosnovka, a 54-year-old pensioner found an object resembling an anti-tank mine from the Great Patriotic War in his apartment. Police who arrived at the scene evacuated 47 residents from a three-story panel building. After that, sappers of the internal troops examined the explosive device. It turned out to be a dummy barrier smoke device of the "DP" brand, manufactured in 1977, weighing 2.5 kg, in a metal casing with signs of corrosion. The dangerous find was destroyed at a special training ground. The police are currently investigating how the munition ended up in the pensioner's apartment. -0-