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Old August 9th, 2006, 05:30 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.fly
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From the Brazil, IN times www.thebraziltimes.com:


Fisherman killed by piece of pipe bomb shrapnel that pierced his heart


By IVY HERRON

A Brazil man was killed by a pipe bomb while fishing alone in Birch Creek,
located at the end of Towpath Road, near Clay City over the weekend.
Paul "Joe" Lynch, 31, of Brazil, was in possession of two homemade pipe
bombs, snipola


It seems there is a contender for the award:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060809/...brazil_grenade

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Reuters) - A Brazilian man died on Tuesday when he
tried to open what police believe was a rocket-propelled grenade with a
sledgehammer in a mechanical workshop on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.

Another man who was in the workshop at the time of the explosion was rushed
to a hospital with severe burns, a police officer told Reuters. The workshop
was destroyed and several cars parked outside caught fire.
Police found several unexploded army issue rocket-propelled grenades in the
workshop. They believe the ammunition had been brought there by scavengers
wanting to sell them as scrap metal, but they also are investigating a
possible link to Rio's heavily armed drug gangs who often raid military
bases.