03/09/2023 Finlandia (Suomi)
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law and/or enforcement agency for assistance”.
Finland has finished inventorying its existing bomb shelters in a government effort prompted by neighboring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, and found it has 50,500 of them, its interior ministry said. Finland joined the NATO military alliance in April in a historic security policy U-turn but it had kept preparing for the possibility of a conflict with Russia for decades, after fighting back an invasion attempt by the Soviet Union during WW2. The wary Nordic country made the construction of emergency shelters mandatory under apartment blocks and office buildings as early as in the 1950s, which explains their current high number. The government’s census concluded that the Nordic nation of 5.5 million people has some 50,500 bomb shelters that can fit 4.8 million inhabitants in them in case of an emergency or an attack, the ministry said.
Photo-Source: rcinet.ca
Poliisi muistuttaa, että sotien aikaisia räjähteitä löytyy jatkuvasti. Aika ei ole tehnyt näitä vaarattomiksi, vaan ne ovat useimmiten täysin toimintakuntoisia ja siten myös vaarallisia. Mikäli löydät jotakin sellaista, jota on syytä epäillä räjähteeksi, vältä koskemasta siihen, tiedotteessa huomautetaan.
If you find anything that appears to be an explosive device, do not touch it, leave it where it is and call the police. We will contact the appropriate agencies to properly dispose of the item.
Polisen påminner att alla upptäckter av militära sprängämnen och vapen alltid ska anmälas till Nödcentralen. Att på eget bevåg hantera eller utforska militära sprängämnen är livsfarligt, skriver polisen i ett pressmeddelande.
Biography of a Bomb
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