So much for pineapple grenades
"The unnamed victim bought some fresh artichokes from her local
supermarket in Olginate, some 40km northeast of Milan. When she laid
into one with a knife, it went bang. Initially struck dumb by the shock,
the poor woman appealed to her husband and daughter for assistance, and
when they saw the leaves were "damaged and burnt", they called in the
cops.
The supermarket pulled remaining stocks of the potentially volatile
vegetable, while police probe a possible link to previous incidents.
La Repubblica
notes that artichoke explosions occurred in 2003 and 2008 - the latter
in the province of L'Aquila, which was at first though to be a
"Unabomber-style attack".
However, it appears a chemical reaction provoked by fertilisers may be the explanation"
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