Magnet fishers pull suspected hand grenade from canal
Officers were called just after 12:30 GMT to a canal in Aylestone on Sunday
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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, Leicester, 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.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was deployed and removed the device
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- Published3 October 2023
