Mt. Kopaonik: Leftover NATO bomb injures deminer

Mt. Kopaonik: Leftover NATO bomb injures deminer

In the meanwhile, an investigation is under way to determine how the explosion occurred.

The device in question - which the newspaper identified as "an MK4 bomb" - was found in a turf of grass and exploded in Gluhovic's hands. The deminer has numerous injuries to his head, arms, legs, and elsewhere on his body, with his eyes seriously injured and his eyesight now in danger.

Gluhovic's colleagues on Mt. Kopaonik told the daily he was now feeling better, and that they hoped the consequences of the injuries would be as few as possible.

Experienced deminer Boban Kundrac, who was at Pancic's Peak "the whole time NATO's planes rained containers with cluster bombs" during the alliance's 1999 war against Serbia, said that the area has "for the most part" been cleared of unexploded bombs.