Columbian Soldier with a live 40mm grenade in his skull
Military medics in Bogota, Colombia, held their nerve to remove the grenade, which could have exploded at any time, killing and injuring those in the vicinity.
It had become embedded in the skull of the soldier, identified as Luis Eduardo Perez Arango, of the Arauca Army’s eighth division.
The dangerous procedure was carried out in the car park of the city’s Military Hospital, where a temporary operating theatre was set up to keep others safe.Medics were worried that moving the patient might detonate the device.
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