Brabant transmission
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Brabant transmission
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Information from the NOS•today, 20:09
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A grenade was found in a thrift shop in Eindhoven. The explosive was in a sent bag comprehensive of shells. “Someone most likely cleaned up at Grandpa’s property and put that bag concerning the cups and saucers.”
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“It was a serious shock,” suggests branch supervisor Rik van Bree of the Het Goed thrift retail outlet Brabant transmission. “The good news is, the personnel who found the bag had the wits to get in touch with another person from administration right away.”
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Even so, the gravity of the scenario was not instantly clear to Van Bree. “At initially I only noticed the vacant bullets. But then my colleague arrived along who has a minimal additional understanding. He pulled out the grenade. He also told me it experienced been fired, but it hadn’t exploded still.” .
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WWII grenade
When it turned very clear that it was a grenade, the branch manager termed the police and the explosives were put in a safe and sound below a container. “The police then identified as the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Provider (EOD), which at some point secured the grenade.”
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It was a German 20mm explosive grenade from World War II.
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It was not the initial time they had an explosive in their hand at the thrift keep. “We made a few of these discoveries final yr. I not long ago had a hand grenade in my possession. Nevertheless, the pin was nonetheless in it, so I may possibly as well have bounced it.”
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