Jayapura, Papua, June 2 -- An Indonesian police bomb disposal unit found and destroyed an active pineapple-type hand grenade at the site of a deadly explosion linked to a suspected World War Two-era bomb in Papua's Biak Numfor District on Monday (June 1).

Biak Numfor Police Chief, Adjunct Senior Commissioner Ari Trestiawan, told ANTARA on Monday evening the grenade was discovered during an inspection by the National Police bomb squad (Gegana) from Papua Police's Mobile Brigade unit. The explosive was safely detonated at about 6 p.m. local time.

Trestiawan said the bomb squad would resume inspections on Tuesday because the team had arrived in Biak only on Monday afternoon, limiting the scope of the initial operation. He urged residents t...