Posted on 09/21/2007 10:38:26 AM PDT by UKrepublican
Does school let out around 3:00 p.m. like American schools do? This sounds like an attempt to hurt many kids as they left for the day. Nail bombs are designed to cause lots of casualties.
Relax, Appy.
Well, it does explain why my granny used to say “Irish men can charm the birds out of the trees and the virtue out of the women.”
Yeah, that's my story and I'm stickin' with it!...............
Yep between 3pm and about 340pm.
More info:
“A device has exploded inside a teacher’s car near a school in Liverpool.
Merseyside police said no-one was injured when it went off at Runnymede St Edward’s, a Catholic primary school in the West Derby area.
Sky News correspondent Mike McCarthy said it was a substantial explosion.
He said Superintendent Ian Pilling, who called crime “despicable”, had told him a teacher’s silver car was “considerably damaged”.
Mr Pilling said the car was only 30ft away from the school building when the device exploded at 2.50pm.
“An explosive device had been placed inside the car,” he said.
“At this stage we can’t say exactly what device it was but it was detonated inside the vehicle.
“This was a despicable offence. Children were in the process of leaving, nobody was killed or injured but that was down to good luck.”
The primary, and a nearby senior school, was evacuated immediately after the bomb went off in an area for staff parking.
Damon Younis, 38, who lives next to the school, said: “There was a bomb, it was a nail bomb.”
Yep.
Sharing family moments on a possible terrorism thread is always therapeutic.
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Aww jeeze, a nail bomb at a school. That is pretty darn sick. Thanks for the ping Milford.
Oh, my God! These people are animals. And it is no religion of peace.
And you believed that story?
My parents used to say that when we kids got smart enough to do the math and discover our oldest brother was born "prematurely" 7 months after their sudden wedding.
Funny, the rest us were never born "premature" though.
Perhaps the "teacher" had the bomb stashed in his car and the heat of the day set it off.
Nail bombs aren't used inside cars, they are used outside in crowded places to inflict max damage. Ball bearing bombs are used inside cars to kill the occupants.
This teacher perhaps never had a chance to place the bomb, and was waiting till school was out to finish the job.
I wouldn't rule out the teacher as a suspect just yet. Search his house for bomb making materials.
Yeah, you’ve got to treat the owner of the car as a suspect, but so too could a car detailer/washer or car repairman have access to the trunk or some inner panel in which to hide a bomb.
Used cars in Florida are constantly having drugs found inside such areas by new owners...sometimes months after the car has been purchased. Lots of empty spaces hidden inside panels in most cars.
Thank you. Sounds like it may have been dismissal time for the students?
You’re welcome. UK Republican states the bomb detonated at 2:50p.m. Schools dismiss there from around 3 - 3:40p.m.
Sorry, realized you had already given the answer to Betty.
I don’t know if you intended it our not, but I had a bit of a chuckle over your post.
Btw, does your revelation have anything to do with the article? I didn’t read it all and was curious if I had missed something.
ADDING Links:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=Liverpool+%2B+bomb&btnG=Search+News
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2174470,00.html
“Nail bomb explodes in Liverpool”
Staff and agencies
Friday September 21, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The car was about 10 metres from the school building when the device, inside the vehicle, exploded, Mr Pilling said.
“An explosive device had been placed inside the car,” he said.
“At this stage we can’t say exactly what device it was but it was detonated inside the vehicle.
“This was a despicable offence. Children were in the process of leaving. Nobody was killed or injured but that was down to good luck.”
There was no damage other than to the car, another officer, Inspector Michael O’Callaghan, said, describing the device as a nail bomb.”
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Note Photos included:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/7007330.stm
Last Updated: Friday, 21 September 2007, 19:02 GMT 20:02 UK
“Explosion in schoolteacher’s car”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Merseyside Police said a man was seen running away from the scene after the blast and are appealing for witnesses.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Runnymede St Edward’s is a Catholic independent school for boys and girls between the ages of three and 11, and is Choir School to the Metropolitan Cathedral of Liverpool.
It is on the same site as St Edward’s College.”
Thanks Milford for the ping.
The bomb went off in West Derby. My grandparents were married in West Derby. The events were 99 years apart. I was a big Don Adams fan. Coincidence? I think not.
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