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French hospital treats man with shell up his rectum (www.ctvnews.ca)
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A hospital in Toulouse, southwest France, confirmed Sunday they had treated a man who was admitted with a shell lodged in his rectum -- after calling a bomb disposal team.

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[–] 11 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I'm disapointed they didn't mention the calibre. Was it a 50BMG cartridge? A 12.7mm machine gun shell or a 155mm artillery shell?

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    The team in the operating room found themselves having to extract a “collectible shell nearly 20 centimetres long” (nearly eight inches).

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