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| Bomb explodes at UK school |
| 2007-09-22 |
| An explosive device went off underneath a car outside a school in Liverpool, north-west England, on Friday, police said, but no injuries were reported. The device, reportedly involving a nail-bomb, went off outside St Edward's College in the city, said a Merseyside police officer. "There was an explosion under a car at the school this afternoon," said Inspector Michael O'Callaghan. "What caused the explosion and the reasons behind it we are investigating. Nobody has been injured and there has been no collateral damage." A nearby resident, Damon Younis, said: "There was a bomb, it was a nail-bomb. I don't think anyone was injured. The car was at the entrance to the school and one police car has arrived." Britain has been on high alert since failed terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow at the end of June, although there was no indication that the Liverpool incident was terrorism-related. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 A nail bomb explodes at a UK school and the website we read about this is a South African one? I had to use the search feature on the times online site to find a mention of it. Times Link |
| Posted by: Laurence of the Rats 2007-09-22 22:06 |
| #5 TW, Wikipedia says it's an academically top rated Catholic secondary school with a very good Cathedral choir. Originally boys only, now coed. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-09-22 20:39 |
| #4 The boom apparently wasn't large enough to wake up too many Brits around the locale. |
| Posted by: Duh! 2007-09-22 20:21 |
| #3 Ah, are the Lutherans at it again? |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-09-22 16:51 |
| #2 Question for our British correspondents: Is St Edward's College a secondary school, a two-year tertiary school giving out associate degrees rather than full-blown batchelor's, or something else? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-09-22 12:34 |
| #1 ...although there was no indication that the Liverpool incident was terrorism-related. Excepting that it was a nail bomb detonated outside a school. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-09-22 09:14 |