More and more reports: The boom of dud reports in the military continues

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The number of reports is 37 percent – and therefore considerably – above the ten-year average, the army announced on Thursday.

According to the information, members of the military eliminated a total of 3,751 objects. Of these, 250 were in fact duds, equating to a 7 percent share. In 22 percent of the cases it involved ammunition (831 objects) and in 71 percent it involved ammunition scrap (2670 objects).

The number of 1,003 reports is just below the peak, army spokesman Stefan Hofer said when asked by the Keystone-SDA news agency. The high figure comes from the pandemic year 2020 and is 1055 reports.

The reason for the high values, according to the military, is that more and more people are doing leisure activities in the country. In addition, the population is becoming increasingly sensitized when it comes to duds, it said in the communiqué.

In 2022, 85 percent of the reports, and therefore the vast majority, came from civilians, the army writes. In 11 percent of the cases, the police alerted the dud center and 4 percent of the reports came from members of the army themselves.

The military reiterated in the statement that duds should never be touched. Anyone who finds possible ammunition remains marks the site and warns the police via the emergency call.

A bonus of up to CHF 100 is paid for finds if the report can prevent an accident. In 2022, CHF 8,400 was paid for this.

(SDA)

Source:Blick