It was an accident apparently (Picture: EPA)

Yes, that is a live grenade lodged in the skull of a soldier.

Someone accidentally fired the explosive at Luis Eduardo Perez Arango’s face, according to EPA.

Colombian Military doctors had to carry out a risky operation to remove the grenade at a hospital in capital Bogota.

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Colombian soldier Luis Eduardo Perez Arango had a grenade lodged in his face (Picture: CEN)

If that wasn’t strange enough the procedure was apparently carried out in the car park of the facility where a temporary operating theatre was set up, to keep the rest of the hospital out of harm’s way



This was just in case the explosive detonated.

The chief of surgery, William Sanchez, said: ‘It was a decisive moment, logically one of stress and uncertainty, but there was no other option than to push on to save the life of the patient, even praying and asking God not to let a bigger tragedy happen.’

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Surgeons eventually managed to get the grenade out without anything exploding (Picture: EPA)

The surgeon described how the team carried out the operation with the utmost care, not only to save the life of the patient, but to preserve their own, seeing as the explosive could have gone off at any time.

The solider, Mr Arango, works for the eighth division of the Arauca Army and is now out of danger, although he is said to be recovering under strict medical observation.

How the grenade became lodged in his face is still under investigation.

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