Grouville Bay shell gets buried, then blown up

Grouville Bay shell gets buried, then blown up

The 10cm shell was found earlier this month by metal detectorists in the Royal Bay of Grouville.

At the time, Stuart Elliott, Jersey’s bomb disposal officer, said that the Czechoslovakian-made device – normally packed with 4lb of explosives – was one of the most well-preserved he had ever seen and warned it could be functional.

He also urged Islanders to take caution after pictures emerged online of several members of the public handling the
device.

Yesterday, it was buried in the sand east of Fort Henry and detonated in a controlled explosion at about 3.25 pm.

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