A bomb squad was deployed after an eight-year-old boy found a hand grenade while fishing with his mum. Tyler Bell discovered the device while magnet fishing in the River Douglas in Shevington, Wigan.
After his mum, Charlotte called 999 police arrived and taped off Gathurst Lane, between Princes Park and Ackhurst Lane. Bomb disposal officers were summoned to assess the grenade, reports Manchester Evening News.
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." Ms Ball took Tyler and his brother Liam, 12,
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