A Russian man died after pulling the pin out of a hand grenade in order to take a photo to post on social media.
A 26-year-old Alexander Chechik had sent an image to his friend showing himself holding the explosive. The photo was captured moments before it detonated and killed him instantly.
According to reports, the man had sent a text to a friend, including a picture of the grenade in his hand with the pin pulled out from the device lying nearby. He had sent several images to friends where he posed with the hand grenade. Police have been treating the death as an accident and not a suicide.
According to Russia’s Interfax news service, police have launched an investigation into the illegal trafficking of weapons and ammunition.
Images from the car and the image of him holding the grenade were posted on social media. The image he posted on social media is here.
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