23/08/2022 Stati Uniti, California, Santa Clara
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A historic military shell and grenade located in a Palo Alto home on Thursday afternoon prompted an investigation by the Santa Clara County sheriff’s bomb squad, which detonated the grenade hours after it was found, police said. The discovery was made at a home in the 2300 block of South Court around 3:10 p.m., when a resident reported what they believed to be a World War II-era grenade and artillery shell while they cleaned a deceased relative’s home in the company of an estate liquidator, according to a police press release. The resident took the items outside and cautiously placed them in the front yard. Officers and the bomb squad responded to the scene, where residents in immediate proximity to the home were asked to evacuate out of an abundance of caution. The items were located in a den closet of the two-story residence, police Sgt. John Alaniz said. By about 6 p.m., bomb squad members concluded that military shell wasn’t a threat, but believed the grenade was possibly still live after inspecting the items with their equipment. They took the grenade to an open area in Hoover Park where the squad dug an 18-inch-wide hole in the grassy area of the park far from the Cowper Street side and buried the grenade, then covered it with a mound of sandbags, according to Alaniz.
Photo-Source: paloaltoonline.com
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