KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police in Kansas City, Kansas, called in agents from the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms Friday morning to safely dispose of a potentially explosive device.
Someone doing a walkthrough of an abandoned property in the 7200 block of Forest Drive came upon the possible explosive device and notified police around 7:50 a.m. Friday.
The device resembled a Claymore, a variant of a compact anti-personnel mine/bomb used in military settings.
Bomb technicians arrived at the scene but were unable to immediately determine if the device was active.
The device was transported to a secure location away from the property for “further investigation and disposal.”
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