MOSCOW, August 9. /TASS/. Two teenagers received serious wounds as they ran into a WWII mine in the Moscow region, a spokesman for the regional police told TASS on Sunday.

The incident took place in the Michurinskoye township some 78 kilometers west of Moscow. The two boys reportedly spotted a mine of the World War II period in a field. As the mine went off, the two boys were seriously wounded and taken to hospital.

The site was cordoned off.