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April 01, 2009
Small Blasts Rock British Consulate
Early this morning, around 3:50 am, two very unsophisticated explosive devices were detonated infront of the building which houses the British Consulate in New York City. The blast occured roughly the same time polls were opening in the UK for the general election.
Two small pre-dawn blasts shattered windows at the British consulate on Thursday as voters in Britain went to the polls in a general election, police said. There were no injuries reported.The explosions occurred shortly before 4 a.m. (9 a.m. British time) and were caused by two primitive metal "novelty grenades," one in the shape of a pineapple, the other a lemon, both packed with gunpowder, police on the scene said.
"There were some shattered windows and there are no injuries. We are investigating it," a New York Police Department spokesman said in an interview.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly refused to speculate as to a motive or intended target, and urged city-goers to go about their business as usual.
"There is at the moment nobody claiming credit for this, there were no calls saying why, the explosion, who the target was ... there is absolutely no reason to jump to a conclusion that any one floor of that building was a particular target at this time," the mayor said.
"Let me stress — we have no known motive for this action at this time," Kelly said.
Based on the initial reports of the objects used to perpetrate this vandalism/terrorism, it is seemingly clear this is not the work of an organized terror group, rather, an individual, or individuals who wanted to protest the election in the UK. I don't believe the devices were meant to injure anyone, but nonetheless, they very easily could have.
Surveillance cameras are being reviewed by investigators, and information will be given at the proper time.
As Britons go to the polls today, it is expected that Tony Blair's Labour Party will be victorious.
More on this story as it develops.
Posted by Aaron at April 1, 2009 12:00 AM
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now, which one of the terrorists is going to fix our broken window??
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