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Watch moment bomb squad destroy grenade in Stockport village in 'controlled explosion'

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox This is the moment the bomb squad destroyed a suspected grenade found in a canal in a Stockport village.

The dramatic scenes unfolded in Marple on Sunday as many visitors and residents were enjoying the spring sunshine. It is understood a magnet fisherman pulled what appeared to be a historic grenade out of the canal near St Martin's Road at around 10.30am.

He placed it near a bridge and called police who closed surrounding roads and called in the Army's bomb disposal team. Fortunately, it was not necessary to evacuate any surrounding homes.

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