Above: live US hand grenades from world war II
BERLIN (AFP)
A dedicated dog out on a walk found a live US hand grenade from World War II and delivered it to his master, police said on Monday. Fortunately, authorities were able to defuse the explosive before it went off.
The owner of the dog had let it off its leash near a stream on Sunday on the outskirts of the town of Erkrath in western Germany's Neander Valley.
The animal found the grenade on the ground, picked it up in its jaws and trotted back to its owner.
"She recognised immediately that it was probably an old, rusted hand grenade," police said. "On the orders of the woman, the dog obediently put his find back next to the stream."
She then alerted the authorities who blocked off the area and dispatched a munitions expert who identified the object as a still live American hand grenade from World War II and defused it.
Germany is still littered with unexploded Allied munitions more than six decades after the war, leading frequently to major evacuations when they are discovered in densely populated areas.
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