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Cyprus: Old shell found off Akamas coast

ByFamagusta Gazette

Aug 21, 2024

An old artillery shell has been discovered on the seabed in the Akamas region of Cyprus.

“Alphanews” and other news sites report that a group of divers found a suspicious object at a depth of 4 meters and a hundred meters from the shore. Investigations by explosives experts who went to the region determined that the object found was an old, oxidized and unusable missile/artillery shell about half a meter long.

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