Bulgaria Bomb Disposal Crews Work to Defuse Dumped Tank Mines

Military inventory records suggest they came from the arsenal of a military base in Momchilgrad, although there was no record of them being dumped. Photo by school.mech.uwa.edu.au

Bulgarian bomb disposal experts are still working in a bid to defuse 7 powerful anti-tank mines found near a river in South Bulgaria.

The mines were discovered by a vacationing police officer near a dump close to Momchilgrad. They were reported to be large, Russian-made mines.

Military inventory records suggest they came from the arsenal of a military base in Momchilgrad, although there was no record of them being dumped.

Investigators reported that the mines had most likely been thrown from the back of a truck.