Explosion of ammunition seriously injures two soldiers

Two soldiers were seriously injured by an explosion in the former Brdy military training ground this morning, police spokeswoman Ivana Jelinkova and emergency service spokeswoman Maria Svobodova have told journalists. They were cleaning the Kolvin shelling area, the spokeswoman said. The soldiers are conducting a deep bomb disposal survey in the former shelling areas. Svobodova said one of the men suffered a devastating injury of his limbs and the other burns of the upper part of his body. They were airlifted to the Plzen Teaching Hospital, she said.