A German man died in an explosion at Lake Ossiach in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia after recovering a piece of ammunition from the water, local media reported Friday.
The 59-year-old man was killed on Friday while handling the object, which he had found the day before and left on the lake shore, media reported, citing police.
A large area around the crash site was cordoned off by the police. An investigation is underway in coordination with explosives experts.
It is not yet clear exactly what the object was, but experts say the lake, which is now popular with bathers, contains large quantities of bombs dumped into its waters by the Nazi regime and the British army during World War II.
Some bombs are also believed to have fallen into the lake.
In 2020 alone, the Austrian Army’s bomb disposal service secured 26 tons (US 28.7 tons) of bombs left over from the two world wars.
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