Shell explosion kills worker at Romania weapons factory
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Romania's emergency service says an employee at a weapons factory has been killed by an exploding artillery shell.
The Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, or IGSU, said Thursday that the 22-year-old man was working to disarm the explosive.
Efforts by emergency personnel to save him were not successful. No other injuries were reported.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The factory in Babeni, southern Romania, produces artillery ammunition and ammunition packaging. It first opened in 1981, when the country was under communist rule.