Grenade comes away as Chris digs earth bank
BOMB disposal officers blew up a Second World War hand grenade in Alderney yesterday.
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Guernsey Police's Bomb Disposal Unit was in action in the morning after a British Mills Type 36 hand grenade was found in David Storer's garden.
A controlled explosion was carried out 50 metres from where the device was discovered in Fontaine David, off Braye Road.
Mr Storer said: 'Chris Tozer, from the Wildlife Trust, found the hand grenade while he was digging out an earth bank. He was using a mattock and the grenade came away from the bank.'
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