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A Hammer and a Grenade

2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

Three Guys in the beautiful city of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), in posession of some stolen artifacts from the Brazilian Army, enter a Service Shop for cars, asking the owner for tools and ordering him to go out (lucky him ..)

They first try to "open" the device rolling with the car over it many times. Unsuccessful attempts make they take another step in trying to open the device, they ask for a Hammer, and, on the first stroke, they discover it was a Fragmentation Grenade, and it was fully operational !

The service shop was destructed, our friend who had the hammer was teared into pieces, another one who was helping was severely injured, and two more managed to escape.

The link for the news is http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil/interna/0,,OI1091940-EI306,00.html (Portuguese)

Submitted on 08/09/2006

Submitted by: Leandro Martini
Reference: www.terra.com.br aug/08/06

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James said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
BINGO! Thanks, Leandro, THIS is what I was waiting to see! It would now seem that the bystander was a (willing) colleague of the jamoke who used the sledge hammer on the RPG! The Brazilian press seems to have included the information which, IMO, raises this from a near-miss to a full-fledged DA!


Fitzroy said:
Definitely Keep: For Darwin's Eyes
Right -- if we can substantiate that anyone hurt by the incident was actively supporting the efforts of the decedent, the "innocent bystanders" objection goes away. In the absence of that objection, this surely is worth Darwin's consideration, as many other readers have already implied through their submissions. However, this is the first to clarify that the decedent was not the mechanic and a mechanic's co-worker was not injured by the blast.


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