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The device kept intact the explosive charge
If citizens find artifacts recommended a simple protocol: DO NOT TOUCH, NOT MOVE, signal and alert the 062
The Civil Guard in the region of Murcia, thanks to the cooperation of citizens, has seized on and off a boto hiding, found in a management center metal waste from the hamlet of Murcia Sangonera la Seca has finally been destroyed.
An employee of the junkyard, while he was performing the tasks of selecting metallic material acquired, found that between objects a boat, possibly explosive, which was created some alarm, so he alerted the Civil Guard.
Group EOD (GEDEX) 5th Zone Murcia Civil Guard, after receiving the notice, moved to the place and, once there, found that the suspicious object was hiding in a boat its explosive charge intact and in good condition considerable.
The troops of the Civil Guard seized the device and taken to a nearby place where, after you enable a security zone, the destruction made by means of a controlled load.
Material considered dangerous
Such materials, which tend to draw the attention of the person who finds them and even saved as memory, is highly dangerous.
They were released long ago and circumstances came to be activated, it does not imply that they are devoid of danger, but rather the opposite, since they are highly unstable and any manipulation or stroke, may cause activation.
Citizen cooperation
In these situations, the cooperation of citizens is key to locating artifacts, and avoid manipulation and subsequent crash, so they can finally be guarded and destroyed with the required safety measures.
Safety Recommendations
In the event of being faced with an abandoned object that can be suspected of being explosive, incendiary or pyrotechnic device, the Civil Guard recommends citizens to follow these guidelines:
Give real consideration to any object, bomb-like, seem strange to the environment in which it is located.
Do not touch or move the object.
Immediately call emergency telephone: 062, the Civil Guard is available 24 hours a day, so that they can be neutralized and destroyed safely by specialists in the field.
If possible, stay in the vicinity of the place until the arrival of the Security Forces.
Otherwise signaled the area or provide coordinates through a program or application of GPS location, very common today in some mobile phones.
Any kind of manipulation could lead to fatal consequences.
The Civil Guard has resolved cases in which citizens locating old explosive devices, move them to their homes, as a decorative object, which carries a high risk to themselves and their families and neighbors, so we recommend you follow security protocol previously exposed.
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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