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http://www.timeslive.co.za/local/2012/07/04/dozens-of-hand-grenades-stolen-from-bakkie

Dozens of hand grenades stolen from bakkie

About 70 military hand grenades were stolen on Wednesday near Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria.

Eyewitness News (EWN) reports the grenades were on the back of a bakkie which was at a petrol station on the N1.

They were being transported to the Wallmansthal military base in Pretoria.

A police officer said they were searching for thieves who stole two crates containing 35 grenades each. Three crates were stolen. One was discovered in a nearby field.

Apparently the driver and his assistant arrived at the station around 5am and were resting at the time of the robbery.

Police spokesman Colonel Lungelo Dlamini said an official statement would be released soon.

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Interesting. I kinda wish I had stolen them. Then there would have to be an investigation into the decimation of the local taxi driver population
 
Apparently the driver and his assistant arrived at the station around 5am and were resting at the time of the robbery.
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Resting mmmmmmm
 
They were being delivered to a military base by a Denel subsidiary, surely the blame should lie with the couriers?
 
Ffs, apparently the grenades are harmless according to the radio report, they're designed to make pretty lights. Who transports weapons on the back of a bakkie?

If they were for the 'genocide', why did they have to be stolen? I'm sure the genocidal gov would supply their troops with weapons
 
What motivates you to take it?
:D oh look play things for the kids?
 
Must coincide with the Tshwane tariff increase - free lights???
 
"Cannot cause any harm"

What a retarded comment. Of course it can cause harm.

The story is also confusing. It states an open bakkie was used and then goes on to say that it was a "security tight" bakkie.

The driver was quoted as saying:
"When we woke up at 6am we saw the container at the back of the bakkie had been broken open and five containers were missing. We heard absolutely nothing while we were asleep," he said.
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Someone from the military was interviewed on 702 and he explained the situation.

The stolen grenades are used for lighting - they are not of the fragmentation type that kills or maims people.
They just give off a lot of smoke and light when they burn (similar to a flare).
 
Paul_S said:
Someone from the military was interviewed on 702 and he explained the situation.

The stolen grenades are used for lighting - they are not of the fragmentation type that kills or maims people.
They just give off a lot of smoke and light when they burn (similar to a flare).
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Correct. And it can cause harm, i.e. it is not harmless if not used properly.
 
But if someone were to threaten you with one, would you know the difference?
 
MickeyD said:
Correct. And it can cause harm, i.e. it is not harmless if not used properly.
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True but they are not even incendiary devices that can be used to attack people like phosphor grenades.
Worse thing you could do with them is start a fire.
Hmmm ... they'd make nice firelighters for a braai.
 
Sinbad said:
But if someone were to threaten you with one, would you know the difference?
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No, 99,9% of folks will not know the difference.

Paul_S said:
True but they are not even incendiary devices that can be used to attack people like phosphor grenades.
Worse thing you could do with them is start a fire.
Hmmm ... they'd make nice firelighters for a braai.
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It could also explain the strange lights folks are seeing in the Pretoria skies.... :p
 
Sinbad said:
But if someone were to threaten you with one, would you know the difference?
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Depends, we don't know what these stolen ones look like. They would have some markings to indicate what they are, and might not be shaped like fragmentation grenades.
I'm sure the makers of grenades try to make the different types visually distinct so they do not get mixed up.
 
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