Here, when not taking online courses on subjects like cryptology, identity manipulation and bombdefusing, students pay to be threatened with Taser guns, thrown into mud pits and subjected to deafening rounds of live ammo fired over their heads.
Horst Lenz, the 56-year-old head of the regional bomb-disposal squad tasked with defusing the devices Sunday, said the bomb is the largest among the hundreds of World War II-era bombs he has tackled since beginning his hair-raising career in 1984.
In Gaza, a Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces when he reportedly tossed a grenade at soldiers defusing a bomb, according to Israel Defense Forces.