Hospital evacuated after 8-inch WWI artillery shell discovered in patient’s butt

He had some explosive indigestion. A hospital in France was evacuated after a male patient arrived with a WWI artillery shell ...
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French man, 24, gets 8-inch live WW1 artillery shell stuck in bum, bomb scare leads to hospital evacuation

The incident occurred late on Saturday night, Jan. 31 at the accident and emergency unit of Rangueil Hospital in Toulouse, after the unnamed 24-year-old arrived in what officials described as “extreme ...

Man hospitalised after 8-inch World War I shell found in rectum, bomb squad deployed

Rangueil Hospital in Toulouse went into emergency mode when a 24-year-old man arrived complaining of severe pain in his bottom, leading authorities to call in a bomb squad.
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WHAT AN 8-INCH SHELL DID.; Pierced a Five-Inch Plate and a Protective Deck at 1,500 Yards.

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online ...