Boy hurt by mortar shell he bought online

Police in Britain are investigating after a teenager suffered burns to his hands when a “deactivated” mortar shell he bought on the internet blew up.

Boy hurt by mortar shell he bought online

Police in Britain are investigating after a teenager suffered burns to his hands when a “deactivated” mortar shell he bought on the internet blew up.

Luke Stillman, 16, from Walgrave, Northamptonshire, bought the apparently decommissioned Spanish 81mm mortar from a website advertising specialist auction material.

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