More than 100 people have been evacuated from a 10-story building in Hungary after two men left a live mortar shell from World War II on a stove and it then exploded.
The blast caused significant damage to the flat located in Vac in the Pest county in Hungary and also left the two men in needed hospital treatment.
Investigators from the country’s counterterrorism squad who according after it was revealed the damage the property was caused by an explosion have reportedly recovered numerous other explosive relics from World War II (WWII) including some that were live.
A police statement indicated the men appeared to have been running a business turning the unexploded shells into ornaments and had possibly been heating the grenade as part of that process.
The blast occurred in the kitchen of the 3rd-floor flat in details of the man’s injuries were not revealed. It was not clear where the additional military relics were seized.
The men now face charges of the improper storage and ownership of explosive devices.
This footage shows a subsequent raid on a property where the two suspects are said to have sourced the weaponry from and police are now investigating its contents.
A WWII grenade was detonated in an apartment in Vac, Hungary 
A WWII grenade was detonated in an apartment in Vac, Hungary
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