RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian man died Tuesday when he tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Hey, I wonder what happens when I do THIS.
Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion was rushed to a hospital with severe burns, a police officer told Reuters. The workshop was destroyed and several cars parked outside caught fire.
I'm reminded of the Bugs Bunny cartoon where the Gremlin is pounding on the nose of a bomb with a big hammer.
Police found several unexploded army issue rocket-propelled grenades in the workshop.
Must have been out metal-detecting.
They believe the ammunition had been brought there by scavengers wanting to sell them as scrap metal, but they also are investigating a possible link to Rio's heavily armed drug gangs who often raid military bases.