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Grenade

Grenade event in Västmanland, Västerås area, Sweden on Fri 20th October 2023

20th October 2023

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On Saturday morning, a live hand grenade was discovered at an apartment block in Västerås. People in the area were asked to cover their ears when the bomb squad detonated it at lunchtime. At least two shots were also fired at the entrance to another house in the same neighbourhood on Saturday night. As of Sunday afternoon, no one has been arrested for these incidents.

On Saturday morning, a private individual found a suspected dangerous object outside the door of a house on Havsfrugatan in Öster Mälarstrand.

A police patrol judged the object to be live, the area was cordoned off and the National Bomb Squad (NBS) was called in.

The police evacuated residents, and at lunchtime people in the area were asked to cover their ears.

- "It could go off at any time," said Magnus Jansson Klarin, the police press spokesperson. Shortly afterwards, the bomb squad detonated the object.


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Västmanland ( Västerås area )

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