Stayed up all night because of buying a working World War II grenade

Kallum Williams, 23, a collector of decommissioned military weapons, recently purchased a grenade that was advertised as unusable. However, upon receiving the goods, Williams discovered that the grenade still contained explosives, The Telegraph reported on September 14.

He called the police and waited all night for authorities to arrive to deal with the grenade, a Hungarian hand grenade used in World War II.

"It felt like a salt shaker. We were so nervous we couldn't sleep," said Mr Williams, who lives in Powys, Wales.

The hand grenade Mr. Williams bought was found to have explosives inside.

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Upon arriving at the scene, police cordoned off the area and evacuated residents for safety. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team used an X-ray machine and discovered explosives inside the grenade. The device was taken to a safe location for disposal.

Williams said the seller of the grenade claimed it contained only sand, but EOD members found no signs of it having been opened. He said he felt bad for upsetting his neighbors and insisted that none of the items in his collection posed a danger to residents.

In another incident in February, British authorities evacuated thousands of people after an unexploded World War II bomb was discovered in the city of Plymouth. The bomb was carefully handled and detonated at sea three days later, in what the Ministry of Defence described as one of the UK’s largest peacetime evacuations since World War II.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/trang-dem-vi-mua-trung-luu-dan-thoi-the-chien-2-con-hoat-dong-185240915102017219.htm