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.Man used

live mortars

as dumbells

August 24th, 2009

ANANOVA

A man from China

decided to keep fit

using two old mortars

before a friend noticed

the devices were still live.

Former army

officer Xie Long, 87,

said:

“A colleague told me

they were defused and

because they were heavy

and in the right shape I

took two home to

use as dumbbells.

“Even my two sons

used to use them as

well for training.

I can’t believe we

trained with them for

30 years with nothing

happening.”

The mortars were discovered

by chance when a friend from

the local police force who

also specialised in explosives

visited Long at his home in

the Hechuan district

of Chongqing.

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“When I saw one

of the mortars,

I was sweating.

The firing pin was in

the position of readiness,

and can explode if

violently hit or shaken,”

said police officer

Li Guangkui. Li said:

“Once exploded,

the result is

beyond imagination.”

Police have

defused the mortars,

and they will now be

put on display in a

military museum.

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