Captain Obvious presents: Grenade Safety Tips

Due to a recent increase in Yakuza attacks involving hand grenades, a spokesman of the Fukuoka police by the name of Captain Obvious had made this statement: Hand grenades are weapons designed to kill people by propelling shrapnel. If you discover a grenade, do not touch, tread on, or kick it.

In another Fukuoka grenade-related story (from the same article), apparently a couple of Yakuza blew themselves up in a failed grenade attack.

Where the hell are they getting grenades??!!

Okay, I know there's a black market wherever there's crime, but seriously... grenades are indiscriminate weapons. Yes, shrapnel from a grenade can reach 200 meters away, albeit in minor injury form. But given the close ranges involved in the average Japanese city, I wouldn't think to use one simply to cack the other guy. It's so much easier just to shoot him. Just as loud. Less chance for an unsightly accident.

Dumbasses.

How... American of them...

well they were going after a room full of other gang members so it does sort of make sense to use a grenade,chuck it in and hope the walls are strong enough to stop the fragments from killing you.