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17 August 2026

Police execute controlled World War II–era Mine explosion

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Source reporting: Al Jazeera English

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Police execute controlled World War II–era Mine explosion

Video footage released by police on Sunday shows Slovak bomb disposal experts executing a mine detonation.

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