Neighbours have said the grenade involved in yesterday’s bomb scare in Hearth Street was discovered when a shed was being cleared.
Residents say the occupier of the house had recently died and the explosive device was found during a house clearance.
The Market Harborough road was cordoned off after reports around 11.30am that a grenade had been found and Leicestershire Police called in an Army Bomb Disposal Unit.
The device was removed and a controlled explosion carried out in a nearby field.
