At least Britney never did this.

Man dies opening grenade with sledgehammer

A Brazilian man died on Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion was rushed to a hospital with severe burns, a police officer told Reuters. The workshop was destroyed and several cars parked outside caught fire.

Police found several unexploded army issue rocket-propelled grenades in the workshop. They believe the ammunition had been brought there by scavengers wanting to sell them as scrap metal, but they also are investigating a possible link to Rio’s heavily armed drug gangs who often raid military bases.



  1. Improbus says:

    Give that man a Darwin Award!

  2. David says:

    They raid military bases? Can that be done here?
    Whatta country.

  3. Pete says:

    #2 Street gangs have infiltrated the army and weapons and ordnance goes missing all the time.

  4. ECA says:

    Wasnt a DUD was it…
    Hit almost anything with a Sledge and you will find out QUIT if it works… Becuase it wasnt BAD before, IT soon WILL be.

  5. James Hill says:

    McCartney’s leg would have worked better.

  6. ECA says:

    2nd one
    or
    3rd one…Leg that is..

  7. OmarTheAlien says:

    Damnit, it ain’t funny! One man dead, another seriously wounded; it ain’t funny! “Quit laughing!”, I tell my mirrored reflection.

  8. ECA says:

    And you would do WHAT to open a Mortor?? WITH a grenade inside??

    common sence says FIND OUT if its live… Throw it OFf a cliff or something…DONT hit it with a Sledge hammer.
    This is almost as BAd as using a Blow torch or Cutting torch on a Compressed container or a FUEL tank… YOU DONT DO THAT…


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