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Old 03-01-2007, 06:28 PM   #1
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Default Grenade found in sack of potatoes

Caught this story on BBC today, thought I would share....

A 74-year-old Italian woman was shocked to find a live grenade in a sack of potatoes she had bought at a market.
Olga Mauriello, from a small town near Naples, had put the potatoes into water to peel them when she discovered the mud-covered, pine cone-shaped grenade.

She alerted the neighbours, who in turn called the police.

Officers detonated the grenade on Wednesday in a park in the town of San Giorgio Cremano. It is thought to have come from a farm in France.

The grenade had no safety pin and was still active. It is believed to be a type used by the US Army in Europe during World War II.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6407963.stm
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