MOSCOW A Russian Orthodox priest accidentally set off a hand grenade after a bout of drunken toasts at a baptism in a village northeast of Moscow, ITAR-TASS reported on Sunday. The 45-year-old priest had been downing alcohol with the baby's grandmother when he handled the grenade and it went off, a police spokesman in Yaroslavl said. Both were injured. The priest has so far been unable to explain why he ended up holding an explosive device.

(AFP)