Three die playing catch with grenade

[SlowwHand]

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia (Reuters) - A hand grenade being used instead of a ball in a game of catch exploded early on Saturday killing three youths in this Bosnian town, police and news agencies said.

Two youths aged 19 and 20, one of them from neighboring Croatia, were killed instantly while a 20-year-old woman died on her way to hospital, police said. Her sister was slightly injured but two other youths suffered serious injuries.

The blast occurred at 2:00 a.m. in the western town of Novi Grad at a place in the town center frequented by youngsters. Police said an inquiry was under way and declined further comment. It was not clear why the grenade exploded.

ONASA news agency quoted witnesses as saying the youths tossed the hand grenade to each other before it exploded in the hands of one of them.

Bosnia is awash with illegal weapons left over from the 1992-95 war and tragic incidents are frequent despite several successful campaigns by international peacekeepers and police to get people to hand over illegal weapons.

Not too bright

Well, these were old enough to know better.

[Dis]

sorry, couldn't resist

[SlowwHand]

It does seem like something from America's Funniest Videos.

[pchang]

evolution in action




a to whoever remembers the source of that quote.

[Sava]

bet you a billion dollars they weren't Serbs

[MrFun]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
It does seem like something from America's Funniest Videos.

You mean America's Most Morbid Videos

[SlowwHand]

No, I didn't.

[Sava]

Originally posted by MrFun



You mean America's Most Morbid Videos

for some people they are the same thing

[Thue]

http://www.darwinawards.com/ : an obvious candidate...

[Gatekeeper]

Odds are alcohol was involved. If not ... hmm ... well, what's that old saying? Survival of the fittest? Ah, yes.

Gatekeeper

[Dinner]

Those things get touchy after they get a bit old. I imagine that granade was left over from the early 90's. My team mates in Iraq had the habit of stashing granades all over the cab of our hummer. I'd be cleaning out trash and run across one which had been forgotten months ago. No one kept track of how many we had or where they went to.

[DRoseDARs]

Self-cleaning urine in the gene pool.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Those things get touchy after they get a bit old. I imagine that granade was left over from the early 90's. My team mates in Iraq had the habit of stashing granades all over the cab of our hummer. I'd be cleaning out trash and run across one which had been forgotten months ago. No one kept track of how many we had or where they went to.

That seems a little bit cavalier.

I personally would think that it would be a good idea to keep track of where you were stashing the live ordnance.

You'd feel pretty stupid if your messiness killed one of your friends.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Sava
bet you a billion dollars they weren't Serbs

I do too. If they were Serbs, they'd have thrown it at some Bosnians. [/countertroll]

[Winston]

It sounds strange they'd be 'playing catch'. I think it's more likely it was a game of dare (can you say that in English?), where they removed the pin and saw how long they'd dare to toss it around.

It's a bit like the growing problem here of youngsters standing on the tracks of an oncoming train, only to dive to one side at the last moment before impact. At least one death has resulted from this so far. Rail authorities say they have 5-10 of these incidents each month and that the number is rising. Makes the engine driver a nervous wreck each time.

People are stupid, always have been. They just find ever new ways of practicing it as time goes on.