19/02/2022 Regno Unito, Inghilterra, Dorset, Dorchester
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Police and an army bomb squad were alerted to Frome Terrace after Stephen Hill realised he had pulled out a wartime grenade out of the River Frome. Mr Hill, 27, from Dorchester, said that he suspected the rusted over grenade was a First World War Mk1 Mills bomb and believed it was still live when he found it as it still had the pin in it. This is not the first suspected explosive device Mr Hill, who is a member of the Facebook group, Dorset Magnet Fishing Community, has found whilst magnet fishing. This is the third time he has found a suspected First World War Mk1 grenade, and the second time he has fished one out of the River Frome. The last time he found a grenade in the River Frome on January 3 this year he accidentally took it home with him before he realised what it was. On finding another grenade on Monday of thsi week, Mr Hill said: “I was magnet fishing by myself in the River Frome near the road behind Dorchester Prison when I pulled it up out of the water at around 2pm.
Photo-Source: dorsetecho.co.uk
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