Firefighters in Venray Asked an 84-Year-Old Explosives Expert for Help. ‘Suddenly I Remembered the Discovery of Phosphorus Grenades Along the Railway track.’

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In Venray and the surrounding area, more than eight decades after the liberation, there is still plenty of ammunition from the Second World War. Retired police officer Anne Beuving (84) has been considered the regional expert in this field for sixty years. So when explosives detonated in the forest due to the fire, the police knew who to call in.