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| 3 Killed in Pakistan Scrap Yard Mishap |
| 2003-03-22 |
| A scrap metal dealer and two small girls were killed and five other people were wounded Saturday when a shell exploded as the man was handling it. The man was hammering the shell in order to break it apart and sell the metal when it went off in his courtyard, said Malik Mohammed Iqbal, a police official in Gujranwala. Five of the scrap dealer's relatives were injured, and two were taken to a local hospital with serious shrapnel wounds. The man was identified as Mohammed Iqbal, who ran his scrap metal business from his home and had set up a junkyard in the courtyard, the police official said. There was no relation between the police official and the victim. "Hmmm... What's this? It appears to be a high explosive artillery shell. I'll just give it a tap or two with this here hammer and... [BOOM!] |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #5 Recommend this man for the Darwin Awards! He is so very well qualified! |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-03-23 00:26:00 |
| #4 Must've been another ACME product... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-22 22:01:39 |
| #3 Playing John Henry the Steel Driving Mon on the Fuze end of the shell is a veddy veddy bad thing to do! |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-03-22 14:41:15 |
| #2 "The man was hammering the shell in order to break it apart and sell the metal". Might of been a secret Iraqi lauching a scud.To bad he had the launch booklet upside down.You're supposed to hit the BOTTOM of the bomb with the hammer. |
| Posted by: Brew 2003-03-22 13:13:34 |
| #1 Hadn't that guy ever seen any Bugs Bunny? I guess not. The developing world has a lot to learn from American imperialist Saturday morning cartoons. |
| Posted by: matt 2003-03-22 11:02:07 |