Americans bring 'souvenir' artillery shell to Israel airport

[RandySF]

JERUSALEM (AP) — A bomb scare set off scenes of panic at Israel’s airport after an American family showed up with an unexploded artillery shell they had found in the Golan Heights and intended to bring back as a souvenir.

Videos circulating online showed passengers ducking for cover, running and screaming at the departure hall of Ben Gurion International Airport on Thursday.

The airport authority said security officers sounded an alert when they discovered the unexploded shell. At least one person was injured after trying to run on a conveyer belt, it said.

Normal operations resumed after the shell was safely removed a short time later. The family was released after questioning.




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[nycbos]

1. WTF is wrong with people

[The Unmitigated Gall]

2. "But-but...we thought it was just a hunk of metal..."

Been a long time (never) since modern artillery rained down on the United States, and it shows.

[bahboo]

3. Mensa candidates, they are not....