Part of Ostend beach evacuated after the discovery of "a grenade" - but the item turned out to be harmless | VRT NWS: news

Ostend had a bomb scare today after reports that an old war grenade had been found on the beach. The bomb alert was issued for the eastern part called Oosteroever, with all beach-goers being evacuated. However, the item turned out to be harmless and the beach was reopened in the afternoon.