AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Children played with a high-explosive World War Two shell at a playground in the Dutch town Barneveld for months before authorities were warned and removed it, Dutch police said Sunday.
The police called in a unit specialized in clearing explosives, which detonated the shell in a safe area on Saturday.
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