A man picked up a hand grenade on Thursday morning, which was deposited at night by an unknown person at the Caza coffee shop on the Gasthuisring in Tilburg. The man put it in his bag and walked to a parking lot on Jan Heijnsstraat. Officers stopped him there and confiscated his bag.
Police put the bag in a safe place in the parking lot. The area was cordoned off so that no one could get to the explosive. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service (EOD) was called in and took the hand grenade for further investigation.
The man who picked up the grenade has been questioned. According to the police, he would not have realized how dangerous it is to pick up a possible explosive.
He stated that he had put the grenade in his bag to hand in to the police, but that in hindsight it would have been smarter to call the police. According to the police, the man has nothing to do with putting the grenade in front of the coffee shop, so he has been released again.
Witnesses wanted
The hand grenade had been placed in front of the coffee shop overnight. Camera images show that another man put it there. Police are still looking for this man.
The man was wearing a black hooded jacket, dark sweatpants, black shoes and blue gloves. People who know more can call the police. Coffeeshop Caza was shot at by unknown persons on March 13.
The hand grenade was found Thursday morning: