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| Explosives detonate at Ikea stores |
| 2011-05-31 |
| SMALL explosives concealed in alarm clocks detonated at Ikea furniture stores in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, Belgian authorities said today. The explosions in stores in the Belgian city of Ghent, Lille in northern France and Eindhoven in The Netherlands caused no damage or injuries. "The information we have is that the explosions happened the same way in all locations, with booby-trapped alarm clocks that had been hidden exploding," An Schoonjans, spokeswoman for Ghent prosecutors, told AFP. In Ghent, an employee and a security agent complained of ear aches after two small explosions, which detonated almost simultaneously before the store closed last night. Two booby-trapped alarm clocks were detonated by remote control, Schoonjans said. A remote control alarm clock? The spokeswoman said the circumstances were similar in Eindhoven and Lille, but she was unable to provide details. "We are in contact with judicial authorities in Eindhoven and Lille to see if there is a link between the three affairs," she said. Must have been a disgruntled customer who |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #11 Do the Euro nut groups have a particular problem w/Ikea? They seemly drearily PC in the US -- are they considered to be like WalMart in these countries? No, regular joe. IKEAs are highly regarded for starter and simple Scandinavian furniture, whereas WalMarts are despised as everything that's wrong about America...even as everyone shops there on Saturday mornings for all the things that ares overpriced in the village shops. At least that's what I saw in Frankfurt and Brussels. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-05-31 20:40 |
| #10 Judging by size of the bombs and the economic and political situation, I'll go with anarchists or more garden-variety extreme leftists. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2011-05-31 20:23 |
| #9 I guess those dhimmi doormats weren't sufficiently submissive. Gotta open the door to any snarly arab with a quran under one arm and 4 wives and baby abdullahs for the welfare system. |
| Posted by: Ebbomock Oppressor of the Poles4597 2011-05-31 15:43 |
| #8 Dr. White wins the thread! (And takes the lead for Snark O' the Day.™) :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-05-31 13:57 |
| #7 Great thing about an IKEA kaboom alarm clock is that you only need one Allah wrench to assemble and arm it... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2011-05-31 13:45 |
| #6 Hide a timer+explosive in an old alarm clock which isn't ticking? Diabolical! 5..4..3.. to Homeland Security Alert: Watch out for alarm clocks which aren't ticking. |
| Posted by: KBK 2011-05-31 12:41 |
| #5 Do the Euro nut groups have a particular problem w/Ikea? They seemly drearily PC in the US -- are they considered to be like WalMart in these countries? |
| Posted by: regular joe 2011-05-31 12:24 |
| #4 Geez... give a kid an alarm clock and some explosive and look what happens. This can mean only one thing. Ban alarm clocks. /sarc |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-05-31 12:11 |
| #3 I bet IKEA regrets offering those build-it-yourself IED kits now! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2011-05-31 11:07 |
| #2 I doubt they were remote control. I suspect they thought so because they weren't using the clocks timer, but had their own. This also sounds like a vaguely familiar m.o. Remember back a while ago when a woman in Yemen tried to mail bombs both to Britain and synagogues in the US? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-05-31 10:01 |
| #1 The last line should have read, Must have been a disgruntled customer who (insert your IKEA joke here) |
| Posted by: phil_b 2011-05-31 06:18 |