Explosive weapons

Arson attack targets houseware store reportedly owned by soccer referee

A homemade explosive device went off outside a houseware store reportedly owned by a Super League soccer referee in the western Athens suburb of Peristeri in the early hours of Thursday.

The explosion damaged its glass panels and caused a small fire which was put out by the fire brigade.

This is unprecedented... Ukraine will need 757 years...

Nearly one-third of Ukraine's territory has been affected by heavy fighting and is likely to require intensive demining operations, the paper said, adding that more than 67,000 square miles (173,529 square kilometers) are contaminated with unexploded ordnance, according to Slovakia-based research center GLOBSEC.

WWII bomb found in border city

A 250-kilogram aerial bomb from the Second World War has been discovered in Nova Gorica, a city on the border with Italy. Slovenian technicians are expected to attempt to defuse it on Sunday but since nearby residents will have to be evacuated on both sides of the border they are coordinating their plans with Italy.

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