Barcelona: Mystery bomb discovery sparks beach evacuation
26 August 2019 |
12:10 pm
Spanish police cleared a long stretch of the Sant Sebastia beach after a bomb, likely dating from the Spanish Civil War, was found at sea. Navy specialists will deactivate the device on Monday.
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