08 February,2026 08:27 AM IST | France | A Correspondent
The Rangueil Accident and Emergency unit in Toulouse, France, alerted the bomb squad. PIC/FACEBOOK@YOUR PROBLEMATIC FAVES
A 24-year-old man was rushed to the Rangueil Accident and Emergency unit in Toulouse, France, with a World War I artillery shell lodged in his rectum, triggering the hospital's evacuation. According to sources, the patient was "in a state of extreme discomfort, having inserted a large object up his rectum."
The intensity of the man's pain prompted surgeons to perform an emergency surgery, which is when they discovered the explosive source of his agony - a live, eight-inch bomb shell from 1918 which had found its way up inside him.
The shell might've looked like this and was not a safety threat. PIC/REDDIT@ASIR100
Fearing the safety of everyone in the hospital, medical personnel alerted the bomb squad and fire brigade. Evacuation was carried out and a security perimeter was formed around the medical centre. After investigation, the pointed and over-an-inch-wide explosive was deemed not to be a threat.
Experts suspected the source of the man's discomfort could have been the result of a party stunt gone awry, however it was not a new case as the facility is said to be "accustomed to treating victims injured during sexual games."
Prosecutors are considering action against the patient for handling "category A munitions," which turn up surprisingly regularly during the annual "Iron Harvest" of mostly unexploded munitions from both world wars found in the countryside.
In a similar case in 2022, a French hospital was partially evacuated after an 88-year-old arrived with a WWI artillery shell in his anal cavity.
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