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Thursday, May 22, 2008
Explosion in Exeter (England) Restaurant
Last Updated: 7:23PM BST 22/05/2008
Exeter explosion at Giraffe restaurant:
Man
injured is alleged Islamic extremist
By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent and Richard Savill
EXETER, ENGLAND: A suspected Islamic extremist has attempted to attack a
restaurant in a shopping centre in the middle of Exeter. Nobody in the
restaurant was injured in the explosion, apart from the bomber
The man suffered cuts to his eye and facial burns in the attack when his device went off in the toilets of the restaurant in the brand new, #230m Princesshay centre.
Police sources believe the man was arming a bomb when it partially exploded in his face. He then tried to detonate a second device in the crowded street outside the restaurant.
Bomb disposal teams have recovered canisters of a sodium-based homemade explosive, it is understood, and there were reports that nails may have been part of the devices...
-- Source/continues at the Telegraph.co.uk: http://tinyurl.com/4y42lo
Edited on: Thursday, May 22, 2008 13:48.47
Categories: Counter-Terrorism, Emergency Services