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| Car Explodes Near Helsinki Synagogue, Driver Dies. I'm glad. |
| 2002-07-16 |
| A car exploded about 200 yards from a synagogue in downtown Helsinki early on Tuesday, killing the driver, injuring a passerby and blowing out windows, police said. "Glass was scattered on the pavement, bits of debris were all over the place," a Reuters correspondent said. "One car was totally destroyed and another was badly damaged." Gideon Bolotowsky, president of Helsinki's small Jewish community, told Reuters he had no information yet to indicate the blast was an attack on the synagogue. "I think we will have to wait and not jump to any hasty conclusions about what could have been," he said. "There is a chance there could be a link with what is going on in the Middle East, but that is pretty remote I would think." A senior Helsinki police detective said he believed it was a one-off incident without political ramifications. "I believe this is a single case in Helsinki without any connection to other things in the world," Detective Chief Inspector Olli Toyras said. How 'bout that? I'm clairvoyant! Wonder if he was a Lapp? |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |