World War 1 Bomb "Capable Of Exploding" Found By Boy On UK Beach

An Army technical officer, who went to the scene to inspect, confirmed that it was a live WW1 "Mills Bomb" hand grenade.

A young boy recently discovered a World War One live grenade on a Northern Ireland beach, UK. Taking to Facebook, cops informed that the boy contacted the Police Service of Northern Ireland after spotting the device - that was “capable of exploding” - on Cultra beach. 

An Army technical officer, who went to the scene to inspect, confirmed that it was a live WW1 “Mills Bomb” hand grenade. As per the social media post, the grenade was taken to Crawfordsburn Country Park where it was detonated in a controlled explosion. 

In the caption, the officers said, “We contacted ATO who attended and confirmed it was an unexploded World War 1 “Mills Bomb” hand grenade. We accompanied ATO to Crawfordsburn Country Park where a controlled explosion was carried out.”