The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxThe bomb squad was drafted after a hand grenade was found by an eight-year-old boy.Tyler Ball was magnet fishing in the River Douglas in Shevington, Wigan, Greater Manchester, when he made the discovery.
His mum Charlotte called the police, who cordoned off the area to allow bomb disposal experts at the scene to assess the grenade.
Ms Ball said: "We weren't 100% sure what it was at first, which is why I picked it up. I saw the ridges and knew what it was.
I was shocked."We rang the police and they came and called the bomb squad. They have sectioned off the road."There are two police vans and two police cars."The mum said she decided to.
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