Panic as EC boy, 10, stumbles upon live grenade

A 10-year-old Scenery Park boy stumbled upon a live practice grenade while playing with a group of friends in a stream today.

Members of the East London police bomb squad were summoned to the scene in Phase 2 and confiscated the rusty grenade.

Police are now investigating how such a dangerous weapon ended up in the township.

No one has been arrested as yet.

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