Posted on 08/04/2016 4:26:48 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
THURMONT, Md. — A rural Maryland neighborhood was rattled early Wednesday morning when a pipe bomb placed on top of a police SUV exploded.
A veteran Thurmont police officer had gotten home after midnight when the bomb went off outside his house just minutes later.
The blast damaged the hood and windshield, and a side window of the marked town police vehicle. No one was hurt by the explosion.
“If you attack my officers or anybody in this town, I take it personally,” Thurmont Police Chief Gregory Eyler told WTOP.
The department, along with regional and federal partners, is analyzing the pipe bomb and the vehicle to help them find the culprit.
Eyler says it was a homemade device.
“It had about maybe an eight-inch cylinder with the two caps on it and the fuse of course,” Eyler described. “You can go to a hardware store and buy it; you get on the internet and make it. It’s as simple as it can be. Unfortunate, but it is simple.”
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an INSURGENCY.
I wouldn’t put to much into this.
Thurmont MD, has a population of ~6,400 and is 91% White.
It’s basically a sleepy little Blue-collar community just north of Frederick MD.
I would not be surprised if it turns out that the cop placed the bomb himself.
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