Grenade-shaped sex toy sparks police alert in Germany

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Explosive experts were called to investigate a suspicious device in the German state of Bavaria on Monday night, only to find it was a sex toy.

Officials said the grenade-shaped item was spotted in a clear plastic bag in a forest near the city of Passau.

A female jogger alerted police to the discovery and a specialist explosives unit were dispatched from the nearby district of Tittling.

But local police said experts soon realised there