A bomb disposal squad safely detonated a wartime M36 hand grenade on Wednesday after it was found on a slope next to a public housing estate in Siu Sai Wan, Chai Wan.
Police arrived on the scene as a pedestrian filed a report after discovering something he suspected to be a grenade near Sui Hei House of Siu Sai Wan Estate in Chai Wan at around 1 pm.
Officers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau were dispatched and safely disposed of the hand grenade.
It was learned that it was a British M36 grenade left behind from WWII, about ten centimeters long and weighing approximately 2 pounds.
No one was injured, and the area needed not to be evacuated.
Wartime explosives have occasionally been found throughout Hong Kong. A World War II-era Japanese grenade was found and detonated by a bomb squad in Wong Nai Chung, Tai Tam, last Saturday.