3 Hurt in Ariz. City Building Explosion
By SANDY YANG
Associated Press Writer
February 26, 2004, 9:48 PM EST
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Three workers were injured Thursday when a bomb concealed in a notebook-sized package exploded in a city building, officials said.
The bomb was powerful enough to shatter windows and propel shrapnel in the walls of Scottsdale's human resources building, said Tom Mangan of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Don Logan, director of the city's diversity and dialogue office, accepted the package on delivery, said police Sgt. Doug Dirren. The blast injured his hands and forearms and he required surgery.
Dirren said police were unaware of any threats against the 48-year-old Logan.
Secretary Renita Linyard, 52, was walking nearby when the package exploded. She suffered an eye injury that also required surgery.
Another secretary, Jackie Bell, received minor injuries and was treated at the scene, Dirren said.
An official at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn declined to comment on the patients' conditions.
It was unclear whether the package was sent through the mail or had been delivered.
ATF agents were trying to determine whether the package contained just the explosive device or included other metal objects to maximize potential injuries, Mangan said.
The 25 people who work in the building, which is about a block from City Hall, were evacuated.
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/sns-ap-scottsdale-explosion,0,7302725.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlinesAnother story of a bomb that was found on Wednesday, Feb. 25th in Utah.
Hospital Evacuated, Bomb Deactivated
Salt Lake City, Utah
Thursday, February 26, 2004
Approximately 97 people were evacuated from a VA Medical Center building Wednesday afternoon while a bomb squad deactivated two explosives.
About 3:20 p.m. hospital staff found a bag that had been left unattended on the second floor of Building 3. They called VA police, who called the Salt Lake police bomb squad.
The building is an inpatient and outpatient facility, but patients are not confined to beds, so both staff and patients were able to leave the building while officers X-rayed the bag, said Susan Huff, public affairs officer for the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System. The bomb squad "rendered the contents of the bag safe" about 6:30 p.m. without causing an explosion, and patients and staff were allowed to return to the building.
The FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office will investigate the origins of the bag.
http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,590045933,00.html".Desert News