Police confirm item found in Stockholm's Gamla stan is 'live hand grenade'

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At 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning, the police's bomb disposal detonated the hand grenade on Skeppsbron. The detonation was controlled after the police placed sandbags over the grenade.

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The police have cordoned off part of the Old Town, this when a suspected dangerous object was found. Now the police confirm that it is a hand grenade. National ...

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Disappointment is always sharp. "The National Bomb Shelter is on."

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An area in Gamla stan in central Stockholm has been closed off after alarms about a dangerous purpose. Immediately before 09.30, bomb technicians were able to defuse what was moving around a hand grenade. "We have launched a preliminary investigation into attempted gross public destruction, but I cannot comment yet," says Ola Österling at the police control centre.

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It was a sharp hand grenade that was found on Skeppsbron in Gamla stan in central Stockholm, according to the police. It was on a bike lane. - We are working with an extensive effort, says Ola Österling, press spokesperson at the police in Stockholm.