Galaki on 09 June 2009
Dog playing fetch brings back hand grenade
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN - A dog playing fetch in Germany brought its owner a live U.S. hand grenade from the Second World War.
Police in the western town of Erkrath said Monday they were called by the dog's 40-year-old owner who stopped walking her pooch when she recognized the "rusty" object it was carrying was a weapon.
Police summoned a munitions expert Sunday to identify and defuse the grenade.
Grenades and bombs left over from the war are still often found in Germany.
Sometimes whole streets in neighbourhoods are evacuated so that such devices can be safely defused.
