Suspect package exploded in business park near Coventry

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Suspect package exploded in business park near Coventry

Postby dutchman » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:45 am

A controlled explosion has been carried out after a suspect package was found in a business park near Coventry.

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The package was spotted in Siskin Drive in the Middlemarch Business Park at about 1700 BST on Wednesday.

A bomb disposal team was brought in to carry out the explosion. Officers are investigating whether the package posed a credible threat. No-one was hurt.

The drive had been evacuated and remains sealed off.

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Re: Suspect package exploded in business park near Coventry

Postby pollyanna » Thu Aug 19, 2010 10:58 am

Keep us posted on this one Dutchy. Hopefully it was an innocent package :?
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Re: Suspect package exploded in business park near Coventry

Postby dutchman » Thu Aug 19, 2010 4:05 pm

Warwickshire Police later said the package was not believed to have been an explosive device. No-one has been hurt in the incident.

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Re: Suspect package exploded in business park near Coventry

Postby pollyanna » Thu Aug 19, 2010 4:17 pm

Probably someone is wondering where they left their bag of shopping :?
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