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The Stig
06-25-2011, 11:02 PM
Original story on Yahoo news (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110625/us_nm/us_mall_bombs)


Two bombs found at Denver area shopping mall, FBI says
Reuters

DENVER (Reuters) – Two bombs were found inside a Borders Bookstore in a suburban Denver shopping mall overnight, the FBI said on Saturday.

Police were summoned to the Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood early on Saturday after a store alarm sounded, the FBI said in a news release.

Police discovered evidence of forced entry and found two explosive devices.

The Jefferson County Bomb Squad responded to the scene, but the FBI did not say if the devices detonated.

"No injuries were reported and no threats have been communicated to Borders or the Mall," the FBI release said.

(Reporting by Keith Coffman, editing by Dan Whitcomb and Ellen Wulfhorst)



Original story from yahoo news (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110625/ap_on_re_us/us_bookstore_explosives_1)



Explosive devices found in Denver-area bookstore
AP

GOLDEN, Colo. – Authorities say two explosive devices were found inside a Borders Bookstore at a suburban Denver mall in a case that's now being investigated by the FBI.

Officials detonated the devices safely early Saturday, and no one was injured. Additional detail on the devices was not available.

The discovery was made at the Colorado Mills Mall in Golden, Colo., after police responded to a report of a break-in. The Jefferson County Bomb Squad detonated the devices. Damage to the store was minimal.

Police made no arrests, but the FBI is investigating.

The mall opened as usual Saturday, though the bookstore was shuttered.



Original story at UK Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2008202/BREAKING-NEWS-Two-bombs-bookshop-busy-Denver-shopping-mall--FBI-called-in.html)


BREAKING NEWS: Two bombs found in bookshop in busy Denver shopping mall - FBI called in

By Daily Mail Reporter

Two bombs were found inside a Borders Bookstore today in a suburban Denver shopping mall, the FBI said.

Police were summoned to the Colorado Mills Mall in Lakewood early this morning after a store alarm sounded.

Police discovered evidence of forced entry and found two explosive devices.

The Jefferson County Bomb Squad were callled to the scene and officials detonated the devices safely. No one was injured.

Additional details on the devices was not immediately available.

'No injuries were reported and no threats have been communicated to Borders or the Mall,' the FBI said in a release.

Police have made no arrests but the FBI is investigating.

This is the third set of bombs to be found in the Denver area in the last two months.

In April Earl Albert Moore, 65, was arrested on suspicion of planting a pipe bomb at a Littleton mall on the 12th anniversary of the Columbine High School attack.

Moore’s arrest came after a manhunt when the bomb was discovered at Southwest Plaza Mall on April 20.

And on June 5 members of the Northern Colorado Bomb Squad destroyed a suspicious package found in a popular Fort Collins shopping centre.
Floor plan

Floor plan: The bombs were found in the Borders book store at Colorado Mills Mall

The Columbine massacre occurred on April 20 1999, at Columbine High School, in Colorado, near Denver. 12 students and one teacher were killed, and 24 were left injured when two seniors, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a filling spree with pipe bombs and automatic weapons.

It is the fourth-deadliest school massacre in U.S. history.

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piranha2
06-25-2011, 11:47 PM
Somebody (homegrown) got a hard on for Denver?

The Stig
06-25-2011, 11:51 PM
Somebody (homegrown) got a hard on for Denver?

It's possible that somebodies has a hard-on for the USA in general. Terrorism has trended more towards lone-wolf type attacks over the big spectacular ones and this could *possibly* be part that overall effort.

Then again, it could be a pissed off pansy, sensitive type college kid because the last copy of Twilight sold out before he could get it.

izzyscout21
06-26-2011, 12:32 AM
Then again, it could be a pissed off pansy, sensitive type college kid because the last copy of Twilight sold out before he could get it.

i think this is more likely.

ak474u
06-26-2011, 04:01 AM
i'm waiting to see what the story is on the trucker that rammed the Amtrak. Witnesses said he never tried to stop, he hit the train with a tandem trailer gravel truck... Wonder if he was trying to derail it? The real question is, will we ever know if his name wasn't "American sounding"?

beginner
06-27-2011, 11:53 PM
i'm waiting to see what the story is on the trucker that rammed the Amtrak. Witnesses said he never tried to stop, he hit the train with a tandem trailer gravel truck... Wonder if he was trying to derail it? The real question is, will we ever know if his name wasn't "American sounding"?

Just read that report. I'm wondering if the driver was texting or something and just not watching the road. The article I read said the driver appeared to try and stop the truck right before impact.