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| 13 Injured in Grenade Blast Following Quarrel A quarrel between two families that started with a childrenÂ’s fight ended with a grenade blast that left 13 wounded. The quarrel took place between two families in theChechen village of Gekhi. A family came to their neighborsÂ’ house after a scuffle between their children, a source in the Chechen Interior Ministry said, according to Kavkaz.Memo.Ru. During a squabble, the people started to shoot in the air and then someone blew up a grenade.
Thieves Break Into Missile Silo to Find it Filled With Money A team of thieves that broke into an abandoned missile silo not far from the Russian city of Kostroma in search of nonferrous metals was shocked to find the shaft packed with Soviet money bills, Regnum news agency reported on Tuesday. The incident would have remained secret, had the wind not blown hundreds of banknotes all over the countryside.
The men opened up the silo, neglecting the possible danger of ripping open a high radiation and toxins level enclosure. The site has been inspected by the police and environmental services, and proved to have normal radiation level. At the moment excavation works at the silo have been frozen. Local authorities are considering measures to bring the four men to responsibility.
Smoking is really hazardous to your health A pack of cigarettes exploded in a manÂ’s hands in the Russian city of Cheboksary. The man seized the pack at a bar, went out in the street and opened it. After that, a major explosion tore his hand and another personÂ’s finger apart, Komsomolskaya Pravda reported.
Police found no trace of any explosives at the scene. No reason of this incident has been detected yet. The paper citing physicians and policemen wrote that a similar incident took place in Cheboksary several years ago. Mechanics Remove Grenade From Gas Tank A man from Moscow was driving his Audi for the whole day on Tuesday before mechanics removed a grenade installed in his car near the gasoline tank, Interfax news agency reported. In the evening he drove to a service center and complained that his car was rattling. Workers began examining the vehicle and to their surprise found a grenade on a tripwire, which was broken and twisted around a wheel. Fortunately, this “failure” prevented the blast. The 42-year-old driver told policemen he had car trouble since he got into it that morning which suggests the grenade was installed on the previous night. A local prosecutor’s office has already launched a criminal case. If the plotters are found, they will face charges of murderous assault. | ||||
| Posted by:Steve |
| #4 Cigarette smoking -- dangerous, dangerous, dangerous. |
| Posted by: Perfesser 2006-03-07 15:39 |
| #3 Soviet banknotes? Well, you could wipe your ass with them, I suppose... |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-03-07 10:44 |
| #2 I thought you were supposed to use duct tape on the grenade-in-the-gastank I favor tucking them under the dashboard with the wire going to the brake pedal......er, or so I've been told.... |
| Posted by: Steve 2006-03-07 10:31 |
| #1 I thought you were supposed to use duct tape on the grenade-in-the-gastank, with the gasoline dissolving the tape and releasing the spoon. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-03-07 10:22 |