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Bombmakers âjust wanted to set things offâ
Police donât believe two men intended to do any harm when they set off homemade bombs in a field in east Montreal.I guess the standards for evidence are a little different in Canada. The pair aroused suspicions when they arrived at a health care clinic Sunday, one man with the ends of his fingers blown off. Workers at the clinic alerted police and the pair was taken to hospital by ambulance. The injured man, 25, lost most of the fingers on one hand, while the second man, 24, will undergo tests to ensure his hearing wasnât damaged by the blast. "Are you sure itâs the red w.......BANG!" The injuries set off a massive search for more homemade bombs. Police searched one of the menâs trucks and roped off an area where four unexploded bombs were later found. Sunday night, they also evacuated 30 people from buildings neighbouring the apartment of the 25-year-old as they searched his apartment -- where they believe the bombs were made. Investigators donât believe the men wanted to hurt anyone with the bombs, which were said to be "very unstable, very dangerous." Are you talking about the bombs, or the bombers? "It doesnât appear they had any criminal intent, or were out to harm anyone," said police spokesman Const. Olivier Lapointe. "It seems they just wanted to set things off." Or they were testing the designs before they moved to bigger targets. Police may file charges against the men, though Lapointe said there are no plans to do so at this point. Good thing they were just exploding bombs and not shooting at targets with a handgun. Theyâd really be in trouble then. The incident was the second involving homemade bombs in the Montreal area in a week. A bomb went off inside a garbage bin at a high school in Laval last week causing minor injuries to at least 15 students. Howâs that border fence with Canada coming, anyway? Posted by: Steve 2003-11-24 |
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