 Two children died when they were playing with a hand grenade and pulled the security pin, police in the central Bosnian town of Jajce said Wednesday. Sime Radovac, 11, and his younger brother Antonio, 9, left their home in the village of Doribaba on Tuesday to go to church. When they didn't return on time, their father, Mijo Doribaba, went to search for them and found their bodies on the side of the road. "Nobody knows where they found this hand grenade," said a relative, Mijo Klaric.
| I'll bet it wasn't in church... |
The head of the police in the nearby city of Jajce, Bajro Prslja, said the security pin was found lying between the children's bodies. "Authorities conduct collection of weapons and explosives regularly, but some are still left behind," Prslja said.
| Do tell? And get that man some vowels... |
It is illegal to own weapons in Bosnia without a permit.
| "You got a permit for that grenade, bub?" |
| "No permit, no sir. But I do have my elk stamp." |
However, many citizens still keep some left over from the country's 1992-95 war. Since 1998, a special government program called "Operation Harvest" has offered citizens amnesty if they turn in illegal weapons, which are then destroyed. |