Bomb squad officers evacuate street after man pulls pin on hand grenade in Worcester

BOMB squad officers evacuated a street after a man pulled the pin of a hand grenade.

He was showing his friends the Soviet device when it started making noises.

So he tossed it in the back of his garden and raised the alarm.

Army officers sealed off the road for three hours in Northwick, Worcester, on Sunday before removing the dodgy device.

The grenade’s owner said: “I pulled the pin and it started making noises.

“I noticed something was wrong...