The key facts

  • An 82mm mortar shell was found at a construction site at 16 Novokhoroshyovsky Proyezd
  • The site of the discovery has been cordoned off, and bomb disposal experts have been called
  • The fate of the munition has not yet been reported

A discovery at a construction site

Workers at a construction site in northwest Moscow found an 82mm mortar shell from the Great Patriotic War era. As reported Gazeta.Ru citing RIA Novosti, the munition was discovered at 16 Novokhoroshyovsky Proyezd. The site was cordoned off, and bomb disposal experts were called to the scene.

What remains unknown

The published reports do not say what will happen to the munition next — whether it was defused on site or taken away for destruction. It was also not specified whether people were evacuated from the construction site and the surrounding areas.