It is not uncommon for construction sites to generate nuisances, but this one turned out to be particularly noisy.

This weekend, alerted by residents, the police, firefighters and deminers had to intervene in the garden of a villa, on the heights of Nice, where the construction of a swimming pool was being done ... with explosives,

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reported 

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The public prosecutor of Nice confirmed the information to

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and specified that at this stage, "a procedure has been opened for endangerment".

Because the maneuver could have done serious damage, even injuries.

According to the testimony of a local resident, quoted by the regional daily, "stones, some of which were the size of a pétanque ball, were thrown into the garden of the immediate neighbors".

The construction site has since been secured.

For the moment, "the site manager has been heard as well as a worker", also prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme at

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The owner of the house, currently in Paris, was also summoned to explain himself in the coming days.

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World War II shells found at construction site

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The Promenade des Anglais cordoned off for a demining operation

  • Investigation

  • Construction site

  • Swimming pool

  • Explosive

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