Magnet fishers pull suspected hand grenade from Leicester canal
Army bomb disposal experts were dispatched after magnet fishers caught a suspected hand grenade, police said.An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was deployed to Canal Street in Aylestone just after 12:30 GMT on Sunday.A large cordon was put in place for several hours in the "interests of public and officer safety".Specialist officers recovered the device, and the cordon was later lifted.
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