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Polish children killed by Second World War bomb explosion

Two Polish children have been killed by an explosion of munitions left over from the bitter battles of the Second World War.

The two, brother and sister, were caught in the blast as they played in a ditch in eastern Poland. The 10-year-old boy was killed on the scene while his nine-year-old sister died later in hospital.

Poland is littered with unexploded munitions left over far from the huge battles played out across the country during the Second World War, but fatalities are rare....

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)