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A live hand-grenade was found during digging near a temple in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Monday.
The explosive weapon was defused safely later, they added.
A live hand-grenade was found during digging at a private land near a temple in the Gagwal area and people immediately alerted the police, the officials said.
A bomb disposal squad rushed to the area and defused it safely, thus averting a tragedy, they said.
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