3 children find grenades in Cimone

3 children find grenades in Cimone

TANGERANG: Three children playing on a garbage dump in Cimone, Tangerang, found a live pineapple grenade last Sunday morning.

According to local chief of detectives Insp. Kustanto, the grenade was played with by the three children, who did not realize at all that it was an explosive.

Luckily, local resident Muhlis, 60, who is also a retired army officer, saw the grenade being handled by one of the children. Muhlis quickly grabbed it and placed it on the ground before calling the police, Kustanto said on Monday.

"This is a live grenade that could have exploded anytime," Kustanto quoted Muhlis as telling the three children, Asep, 9, Nana, 8, and Yogi, 7.

He said as the three children ran home scared, Muhlis then reported the discovery to the police and several officers who arrived minutes later took the grenade to Tangerang Police Headquarters.

However, Kustanto was unable to confirm where the grenade had come from, saying that it had been taken to the city police headquarters for further examination. --JP