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Blast Rocks NYC Starbucks
12:45 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · crime|New York City|society · 4 Comments
25 May 2009
It might have been a small one, but it was indeed a bomb that shattered windows at a Starbucks on New York’s Upper East Side today. And some are linking the explosion to some recent consulate blasts we are all familiar with:
A “low-order improvised explosive device” exploded after being left on a wooden bench in front of the coffeehouse, Kelly said. The blast could be heard many blocks away, according to CNN affiliate WABC-TV of New York.Seven people were briefly evacuated from the building above the Starbucks, Kelly said, but no one was injured. The interior of the Starbucks sustained no damage.
It’s too early to tell whether Monday’s incident is connected to other minor explosions in New York City in recent years, including ones at the British and Mexican consulates and another in Times Square, Kelly said
I wonder what’s going on here. Earlier this month, a Starbucks in California was evacuated when a suspicious device was found there. That one turned out not to be a bomb, though what it was was never ascertained.
Via / CNN
Image via Boston.com
More bomb threats in Mexico City
12:43 pm By Maegan La Mala · crime|mexico|society · Comments Off
4 Sep 2007
Mexico City’s La Jornada is reporting that the Federal District has had four consecutive days of bomb threats since last week’s discovery of a pipe bomb in Latin America’s tallest skyscraper, located in the Mexican capital.
Anonymous calls have been received by police alleging that bombs were located in various buildings on Mexico City’s Paseo de la Reforma, as well as in downtown’s emblematic Torre Latinoamericana. None of the threats have proven to be true, but some observers are warning that after the bombing of a Sears store in Oaxaca and the pipe bomb incident last week, things might get even worse.
Who’s behind the bombs is still technically a mystery, though most fingers are pointing towards the EPR, the rebel group that claimed responsibility for pipeline blasts earlier this year as well as the Oaxaca Sears bombing.
Via / La Jornada and Latin Business Chronicle
10,000 evacuated in Mexico City bomb scare
31 Aug 2007
Destruction and potential death and injury were averted yesterday morning in Mexico City’s Torre Mayor skyscraper. At around 11:00 a.m. 10,000 employees and visitors to the building were evacuated from the premises after a bomb made of pipes and containing a quick combustion powder was discovered.
The bomb was found after police received an anonymous call which revealed a description of the car where the explosives were eventually found, and the license plate number.
According to Mexico City’s La Jornada newspaper, employees of the Torre Mayor said that it took them about 40 minutes to reach the ground floor after hearing the alarms go off. Employees had to remain on the street for several hours, and were finally allowed to re-enter the building at around 3:00 p.m.
The Torre Mayor is Latin America’s tallest skyscraper, but if developers have it their way, it won’t be for long. Mexico City will soon welcome an even taller building, the Torre Bicentenario, which will commemorate the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence in 2010.
Via / La Jornada
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