Dog plays fetch with live grenade in Germany

Police summon a munitions expert to identify and defuse the weapon

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updated 5:58 p.m. ET June 8, 2009

BERLIN - A dog playing fetch in Germany has found and delivered to its owner a U.S. hand grenade from World War II.

Police in the western town of Erkrath said Monday they were called by the dog's 40-year-old owner who stopped walking her pooch when she recognized the "rusty" object it was carrying was a weapon. Police summoned a munitions expert Sunday to identify and defuse the grenade.

Grenades and bombs left over from World War II are still often found in Germany.

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Sometimes whole streets in neighborhoods are evacuated so that such devices can be safely defused.