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| Grenade find for charity workers | Grenade find for charity workers |
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| An Edinburgh charity shop has been evacuated after a deactivated hand grenade was found among donated goods. | An Edinburgh charity shop has been evacuated after a deactivated hand grenade was found among donated goods. |
| Lothian and Borders Police received a call to the Cancer Research UK shop in Morningside Road at 1550 BST. | Lothian and Borders Police received a call to the Cancer Research UK shop in Morningside Road at 1550 BST. |
| A military bomb disposal team was alerted and took away a grenade, from which the explosive had been removed. | A military bomb disposal team was alerted and took away a grenade, from which the explosive had been removed. |
| Shop manager Karyn Leadbetter described the look of fear on her assistant's face as she found the grenade, complete with pin, in a box of bric-a-brac. | Shop manager Karyn Leadbetter described the look of fear on her assistant's face as she found the grenade, complete with pin, in a box of bric-a-brac. |
| She told the BBC Scotland news website: "I was down in the basement with the assistant manager who was looking through donations we had just received. | She told the BBC Scotland news website: "I was down in the basement with the assistant manager who was looking through donations we had just received. |
| There were five customers upstairs who didn't have a clue what was going on and two elderly volunteers Karyn LeadbetterShop manager | There were five customers upstairs who didn't have a clue what was going on and two elderly volunteers Karyn LeadbetterShop manager |
| "She was in a box full of bric-a-brac when suddenly she shouted 'we've got a grenade and it's got a pin in it'. Her face was petrified. | "She was in a box full of bric-a-brac when suddenly she shouted 'we've got a grenade and it's got a pin in it'. Her face was petrified. |
| "I shouted over 'you're having me on' but when I saw and felt the weight of it the colour drained from my face because I thought it could blow at any time." | "I shouted over 'you're having me on' but when I saw and felt the weight of it the colour drained from my face because I thought it could blow at any time." |
| Ms Leadbetter, who has been manager at the shop for three years, added: "We immediately called the police who told us to evacuate the shop. | Ms Leadbetter, who has been manager at the shop for three years, added: "We immediately called the police who told us to evacuate the shop. |
| "There were five customers upstairs who didn't have a clue what was going on and two elderly volunteers." | "There were five customers upstairs who didn't have a clue what was going on and two elderly volunteers." |
| The shop was evacuated and the device removed | The shop was evacuated and the device removed |
| The manager said she asked everyone to leave the shop but did not give details because she did not wish to cause alarm. | The manager said she asked everyone to leave the shop but did not give details because she did not wish to cause alarm. |
| An inspector and four officers arrived and they immediately called for an army bomb disposal unit. | An inspector and four officers arrived and they immediately called for an army bomb disposal unit. |
| The grenade had been left on a table in the basement and was examined by one of the army team who established that the device had been deactivated. | The grenade had been left on a table in the basement and was examined by one of the army team who established that the device had been deactivated. |
| Ms Leadbetter described it as a "very worrying and terrifying" incident. | Ms Leadbetter described it as a "very worrying and terrifying" incident. |
| She revealed that replica guns have been among items donated in the past and repeated a plea to the public to refrain from donating anything which could cause alarm. | She revealed that replica guns have been among items donated in the past and repeated a plea to the public to refrain from donating anything which could cause alarm. |
| The grenade was found in a box containing small pictures and crockery and Ms Leadbetter said she had no indication who donated it. | The grenade was found in a box containing small pictures and crockery and Ms Leadbetter said she had no indication who donated it. |
| Major Phillip Curtis, an Army spokesman said: "We were called on Tuesday to a suspicious object in an Edinburgh charity shop. | |
| "The bomb disposal squad inspected it and took it away for destruction. | |
| "These incidents happen quite regularly because there is still a lot of ordinance from the war." |