Overview
- A 24-year-old arrived at Rangueil Hospital with severe rectal pain, and surgeons discovered a 37-millimeter World War I projectile during removal.
- Police and explosive ordnance specialists secured a safety perimeter at the clinic before declaring the shell posed no explosion risk.
- The device was identified as a German round dating to 1918, with reports describing it as roughly 16 centimeters in length.
- The patient acknowledged self-insertion, remains under medical observation, and is expected to be questioned about the shell’s origin.
- Authorities initially reviewed potential offenses, but the Toulouse prosecutor decided against pursuing munitions charges after finding the round inert.