Posted on 12/09/2011 8:48:54 AM PST by Qbert
ROME — The director of a Rome office of Italy’s tax collection agency was wounded in the hands and eyes on Friday after opening a letter bomb, Italian police said.
The man was hospitalized but the extent of his injuries were not immediately known. The police were investigating what they said was a stapled package mailed through the Italian postal system.
Prosecutors in Rome have opened an investigation into whether the letter bomb’s senders had terrorist aims, the ANSA news agency reported.
The explosion in Italy comes a day after German authorities intercepted and defused a package bomb mailed to the chief executive of Deutsche Bank, Josef Ackermann. An Italian anarchist group, the Informal Anarchist Front, claimed responsibility for that package. the German authorities said. The same group claimed responsibility for a series of letter bombs sent to foreign embassies in Rome last December, seriously injuring two people.
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No, it was just a friendly gesture. Ask Janet, the home defense expert.
I read this morning that an Italian anarchist group had announced that it was responsible for the German bomb attempt and that it planned to send bombs to other banks and financial institutions all over Europe.
This, of course, is the last thing Italy needs; more attempts like this probably mean that their entire postal and even courier system will be shut down.
Terrorism? Nah, just another instance of workplace violence.
There are Mennonites in Italy? Go figure.
Terrorism? Nah, just another instance of workplace violence.
Did I mention the IRS is strongly encouraging you to file online?
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