Bomb squad called to UK elementary school after boy pulls out WWII hand grenade

Don’t pull that pin!

A UK elementary school was evacuated and the bomb squad sent in, after a student shockingly popped a WWII hand grenade from his pocket during a show and tell presentation.

The school’s principal, Jeanette Hart, said she wasn’t sure if the device was live, but didn’t want to take any chances.

Prinicpal Jeanette Hart tried to keep her cool as she carried the explosive device to the parking lot. Osmaston CE Primary School

“I ended the assembly, took it off him and slowly carried it outside and put it behind a far tree in the car park,”Hart, who said she tried to keep calm during the nerve-wracking ordeal, told the BBC.

“I wasn’t 100% happy carrying it to be honest.”

The school in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, about 35 miles south of Sheffield, was promptly evacuated and the army bomb squad called.

Army experts deemed the grenade safe by using X-ray equipment.

It turns out the explosive was actually a World War II family heirloom the boy had taken to school without telling his parents.

Police and the army bomb squad responded to the calls at the school in Derbyshire, UK. facebook/MatlockSNT

Hart said she had “a little chat” with the student.

“It was entirely innocent,” she said. “I don’t think he ever really knew what it was.

“He knew it was from the war and just thought it was an interesting thing.”

She said the boy’s parents “were a little taken aback” when they found out what their son had been up to.