Austria: 59 Germans killed in grenade explosion
Steindorf am Ossiacher See – Horrible accident in Austria: in Steindorf am Ossiacher See (Carinthia), a German tourist discovers what appears to be the aftermath of the World War. While confronting him, an explosion occurred and the 59 year old man died!
According to police, the man is said to have been found on Thursday in a
bathing lake. It was probably a grenade, the Austrian newspaper "Kurier" reported. On Friday morning around 11am, he went to the lake again, presumably for a closer look – and blew himself up to death!
See Ossiacher in Carinthia. Police say the 59-year-old man was standing in the water when the remnants of World War II exploded Photo: picture alliance / GERT EGGENBERGER / APA / picturedesk.com
The exact circumstances are now being investigated. based on “German couriers could have stayed at the lake to fish. A Carinthia police spokesman told Bild: "The man was standing in the water during the explosion."
The spokesman added that it was not uncommon to find ammunition in the lake. At Ossiacher See, "pretty" remnants of world wars can be found, mostly from World War II.
It is not yet known which part of Germany the tourist came from. A police spokesman said Germany's top protection would continue to update to inform the 59-year-old man's relatives.