WWII grenade found in house clear-out

A man cleaning out a house in southern Austria made a jarring discovery: a live Second World War hand grenade with the pin removed and replaced with a piece of wire.

WWII grenade found in house clear-out

A man cleaning out a house in southern Austria made a jarring discovery: a live Second World War hand grenade with the pin removed and replaced with a piece of wire.

The man, whose name was not released, found the grenade as he was removing rubbish from a home in the city of Graz, about 125 miles south of Vienna, police said.

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