The ground in the municipality around Tartu has yielded up a 100-kilogram general-purpose bomb, ERR News reported.
Large, Postwar Aviation Bomb Found Near Tartu
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Nearly 70 years after World War II, munitions are still turning up in large quantities in the Estonian countryside. But the FAB-100 was only developed after the war by the Soviets as a general aviation bomb. It remains in use today.
The FAB-100 rendered safe by a squad on Thursday was found in Kõrveküla village in Tartu municipality during excavation work.