[CPEO-MEF] Details on Bakersfield (CA) munition

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Children Killed By Grenade Explosion

KERO TV-23 News (Bakersfield, CA)
September 1, 2006

BAKERSFIELD -- The Bakersfield Police Bomb Squad said the device that 
exploded in central Bakersfield Tuesday, killing two children and 
injuring several others, was a 40mm high explosive anti-personnel 
device: a grenade used by the U.S. military since the 1960s.

It remains unknown how Frank Sendejo -- the man who allegedly gave the 
kids the grenade -- got the round.

The grenade ranges in age from the Vietnam Era and afterward.

Frank Sedejo -- the guardian of one of the killed children, Andrew Le -- 
told 23ABC off-camera yesterday that he gave Le's older brother the 
military round, describing them as a bullet.

Sgt. Scott Tunnicliffe of the Bakersfield Police Bomb Squad said, "When 
it's in its completed stage, it can resemble a bullet."

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For the entire story, including photos, see
http://www.turnto23.com/news/9773824/detail.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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