RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) – A Brazilian man died 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.
OK, step one of working with explosives is try not to hit them with anything hard enough to set impact triggers off. You can hit C-4 all day with a hammer, and no worrites. But When something is designed to explode with imapct… then stay away from sharp taps.
Ok that was Danger Dans safety tip of the day. I Am both chuckling at the picture of someone getting the idea to hit explosive ordinance and the sad reality why the person was taking the risk.
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