A french kid was metal deteching and set off part of a shell.

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On Wednesday evening I could not get home because our street was closed off by Police. A construction site crew had uncovered a WWII bomb. This was under the school playground thats being dug up in the 16th arrondisemnt of Paris.
According to the Police officer I was speaking to;it's quite a common occurence; especially in the neighbouring Boulogne Bilancourt area. The Renault factories there were producing military vehicles; so got quite regular visits.
A couple of years ago a chap in the Eure et Loir region should have got a Darwin award! He had collected around 70 WWI items; he dropped one while cleaning it and it exploded; he was seriously injured. The neighbourhood was evacuated while the Bomb Disposal team removed the rest for destruction.