Denmark detonates last suspected WWII mine
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, JULY 5 (AP/UNB) - A Danish minister has detonated what is believed to be the last land mine left by Denmark's World War II Nazi occupiers, while declaring the country landmine free.
Transportation Minister Henrik Dam Kristensen, who is in charge of demining, blew up the mine at the Skallingen peninsula, 310 kilometers (190 miles) west of Copenhagen, at a ceremony Thursday.
The Nazis placed about 1.4 million land mines along the Jutland peninsula's to protect against an Allied invasion. Most were removed after the war, but around 11,000 remained.
Many of the mines are believed to have since been washed out to sea or destroyed by erosion, and Denmark made a sweep of the area in 2006 when it signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
Transportation Minister Henrik Dam Kristensen, who is in charge of demining, blew up the mine at the Skallingen peninsula, 310 kilometers (190 miles) west of Copenhagen, at a ceremony Thursday.
The Nazis placed about 1.4 million land mines along the Jutland peninsula's to protect against an Allied invasion. Most were removed after the war, but around 11,000 remained.
Many of the mines are believed to have since been washed out to sea or destroyed by erosion, and Denmark made a sweep of the area in 2006 when it signed the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
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