MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti) - A businessman in the Stavropol Region, south Russia, killed himself with a grenade after an argument with his girlfriend, police said on Wednesday.
The incident happened when the man, the head of a private company, was arguing in a car with his girlfriend, a bank employee.
"During the row, he started threatening the woman with suicide, took out a grenade and pulled the safety pin," police said.
However, he then appears to have changed his mind, and tried to throw the grenade out of the window.
His attempt failed and the device exploded, blowing his arm off and causing fatal injuries. The woman, who was sitting next to him, was unharmed, the spokesman added.
