Just in time: Police defuse grenade, avert damage

SUKKUR: Timely action by the police helped avert damage to life and property in Soomro Colony, Mirpur Mathelo, on Monday night when a live hand grenade was found and defused.

The police were called in when a passerby spotted the grenade lying near a drain.

The area was immediately cordoned off and the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) defused the bomb.

Talking to The Express Tribune, Sukkur BDS in-charge inspector Tahir Malik said that the grenade was of Russian origin and HE-36 make.

Had it gone off, it would have caused damage within a radius of 40 metres, he added.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 7^th, 2013.