A high-ranking official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) – Region XII here cheated death on Friday as a grenade intended for him failed to explode.

Supt. Willy Dangane, city police chief, said DA-XII Finance Officer Osmeña Montanier has just alighted from his vehicle around 1:30 p.m. and was on his way for work at the DA building situated along Sinsuat Avenue here when two motorcycle-riding men zipped by and rolled on the pavement an MK-2 fragmentation grenade towards him.

“Fortunately, the grenade bounced off from Montanier’s parked vehicle’s tire and did not explode despite its safety pin off as its safety lever got stuck at a roadside drainage canal,” Dangane said.

Other DA-XII employees called the local police for assistance after informing them of the incident.

Responding members of the Army’s Explosive Disposal Ordnance Unit sealed off the area and detonated the live grenade due to its precarious position.
 

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