Magnet fishers pull suspected hand grenade from canal

Army bomb disposal experts were dispatched after magnet fishers caught a suspected hand grenade, police said.

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was deployed to Canal Street in Aylestone, Leicester, just after 12:30 GMT on Sunday.

A large cordon was put in place for several hours in the "interests of public and officer safety".

Specialist officers recovered the device, and the cordon was later lifted.

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