29/03/2023 Cina, Hong Kong, Chai Wan
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law e enforcement agency for assistance”.
A bomb disposal squad safely detonated a wartime M36 hand grenade on Wednesday after it was found on a slope next to a public housing estate in Siu Sai Wan, Chai Wan. Police arrived on the scene as a pedestrian filed a report after discovering something he suspected to be a grenade near Sui Hei House of Siu Sai Wan Estate in Chai Wan at around 1 pm.Officers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau were dispatched and safely disposed of the hand grenade. It was learned that it was a British M36 grenade left behind from WWII, about ten centimeters long and weighing approximately 2 pounds. No one was injured, and the area needed not to be evacuated. Wartime explosives have occasionally been found throughout Hong Kong. A World War II-era Japanese grenade was found and detonated by a bomb squad in Wong Nai Chung, Tai Tam, last Saturday.
Photo-Source: thestandard.com.hk
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