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Historic Grenades Discovered in French Onion Delivery

10/8/2025

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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirms two hand grenades were found in delivery of French onions in Zeeland, Netherlands, dating to 1925.
The projectiles are consistent with pre-1925 French and German chemical weapons; fill is unidentified.
Netherlands will destroy the grenades in Belgium; in Washington state, a toddler found a World War II grenade; no injuries.

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Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirms two hand grenades were found in delivery of French onions in Zeeland, Netherlands, dating to 1925.
The projectiles are consistent with pre-1925 French and German chemical weapons; fill is unidentified.
Netherlands will destroy the grenades in Belgium; in Washington state, a toddler found a World War II grenade; no injuries.