Military EOD Engineers Dispose 27 Explosive Devices in May

Chisinau, May 31, 2013 — National Army EOD engineers disposed in May 27 explosive devices in Orhei, Hincesti, Causeni, Soroca, Ungheni districts and Balti town.

Col. Mihail Semionov, Chief of EOD Division of the National Army, said that during this period of time, the engineers were called in 14 times. They located, identified, neutralized, recovered and destroyed artillery projectiles, anti-tank mines, hand grenades and bomb-launcher bombs.

The quoted source said that six 81-mm bomb-launcher bombs and an anti-tank mine were found during the land farming works in Viisoara village, StefanVoda. The German infantry ammunition dating back to World War II was disposed by the EOD team of Engineer Battalion “Codru”, commanded by Maj. Gheorghe Racu. Three other 76-mm artillery projectiles were found by a citizen of Petresti village, Ungheni district, during some repair works. The explosive devices were destroyed by a group of EOD engineers headed by Maj. Igor Levitchi.

This year, the National Army EOD engineers were called in 75 times and destroyed 1073 explosive devices throughout the country.