Man blows himself up trying to pry open grenade

July 27, 2010 • 11:06 am

Diana Fasanella

A Croatian man blew himself up after trying to pry apart a hand grenade he found while out walking.

The man, identified only as Marko S., found the grenade left from the 1991-95 Homeland War while walking in a field near his Knin home and decided to take it home to sell for scrap metal, the Croatian Times reports. 

The 53-year-old man was hacking into the live device with a grinder in his garage when it exploded.   

He was listed in serious condition after being taken to a local hospital.   

Stupidity blows.