Movers find live grenade in couch at Selma home

[emad]

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Workers removing furniture from the home of a deceased elderly woman got a shock when they spotted an active hand grenade stuck in the bottom of the couch.

The FBI, ATF and Montgomery Police Bomb Squad were called to the scene after the bomb was discovered Thursday.

"They used a robot, armed with a camera, from about 50 yards away from the grenade," Selma Police Chief Jimmy Martin said.

The robot successfully ripped open the back of the couch but could not secure the grenade; Martin said the camera on the robot could not discern whether the pin was in. A member of the bomb squad was then sent into the house and found the pin in the grenade.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Bizarre. Wonder if the old gal knew it was there?

[emad]

2. "What big bazookas you have there grandma".......

"All the better to blast you to smithereens......"

[davidinalameda]

3. oh my

this is just a sign of poor house cleaning. If she had vacuumed between the cusions, she would have found this a long time ago. She probably would have been dead a long time ago as well but her house would have been clean