You can't make this stuff up...........NGR

[DRG]

You can't make this stuff up........ ( well... you CAN.....but it's never as good as the real thing )

KARACHI (Staff Report) – A hand grenade exploded inside courtroom in Karachi’s Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) after a judge asked a police constable if he knew how grenades worked. The constable, instead of explaining his expertise in weapons and grenade handling to the judge, opted to demonstrate practically by promptly pulling out the pin from the grenade.

This resulted in a loud explosion, injuring three including the constable and a court clerk.

The blast took place while hearing of a case was underway in courtroom-III. Two policemen and a court clerk were among injured and taken to a nearby hospital for first aid. Court’s proceeding was briefly suspended as a result.

According to media reports, the grenade in question was a locally developed bomb which was brought to the courtroom by Investigation Officer Abid Ali as evidence. The bomb was, reportedly, not defused before production in the court.

The police and paramilitary forces in the vicinity immediately surrounded the area after the explosion fearing a terrorist attack and the security forces were put on high alert.

It is safe to say that now the whole court knows how grenades work, including the curious judge.

According to authorities, the constable who apparently knows how grenades work will be punished severely after he recovers from his injuries.

http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakis...tc-in-karachi/

[Imp]

At least it wasn't an RPG

[DRG]

The guy who pulled the pin is not entirely blameless but one would ASSUME in "normal" circumstances SOP would be to render inert any munitions brought into a courtroom and that fact would be make known by a tag or colour coding so the question is which supervisior OK'd the transferr of live munitions to a courtroom .....

[Suhiir]

Yeah, I have no idea why they let a live munition leave the police station much less enter a courtroom.

[scorpio_rocks]

Is it just me or is anyone else thinking what an ineffective grenade? - only 3 people injured in a room...

[Paulus_PAK]

Originally Posted by scorpio_rocks

Is it just me or is anyone else thinking what an ineffective grenade? - only 3 people injured in a room...

"The grenade in question was a locally developed bomb".

[scorpio_rocks]

Originally Posted by Paulus_PAK

"The grenade in question was a locally developed bomb".

hehe - yes I didn't take that bit of info in, TY