Posted on 01/01/2014 10:19:10 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
At least 13 people were injured Wednesday morning after an explosion engulfed a Minnesote grocer and mosque.
Police are investigating the cause of the explosion.
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The UPI reported:
At least 13 people were hospitalized Wednesday when an explosion and fire engulfed a building in Minneapolis, officials said.
Minneapolis Fire Chief John Fruetel said six of the 13 people taken to area hospitals were in critical condition, KSTP-TV, St. Paul, reported.
No cause had been determined, but Greg Nelson, supervisor of the Minneapolis Emergency Communications Center, told the Star Tribune in Minneapolis the building likely would be a total loss.
KSTP said it was told the building was a community center that housed a grocery store and a mosque. WCCO-TV, Minneapolis, said the building had apartments. Fire and rescue crews were battling a three-alarm fire at West Bank Grocery and Pharmacy, near the University of Minnesota campus.
At least two media outlets said people climbed or jumped out of windows to escape the fire. Unconfirmed reports indicated second and third floors of the building had collapsed, KARE-TV, Minneapolis, reported.
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) called on state and federal law enforcement authorities to investigate the suspicious fire.
Like you, this explosion reminded me, too, of one associated with bomb making. Immediately I thought of the Weather Underground episode. I wonder if this latest explosion will be swept under the rug after they find the evidence?
Which public housing towers are you referring to?
I haven’t been there in a long time, but nobody in their right mind has been building “public housing towers” in the last 50 years. Mostly, they’ve been tearing them down.
Of course, I left 33 years ago because there were too many liberal idiots running the joint (and they still are,) so I might be wrong, but I don’t think this can be blamed on concrete edifaces.
I agree they need to get some search warrants and scrub that whole community.
It could still be the mosque. They could want the land if it’s next door and be looking to pick it up on the cheap after a fire.
IIRC, they burned down a half a block of homes and businesses. I think some MOVE/Back To African scumbags got fried, too. Good riddance!
I believe he’s referring to Riverside Plaza. There’s a picture here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside_Plaza
Yup. Those are them. Minnepaolis also rebuilt the “projects” on highway 55 and lyndale about 5 years ago. The old ones had the same look.
Drive down the street and take a look; nice and green:
If the sheetheads blew themselves up, it will be covered up!
We’ll be told that an angry white guy bombed the place!
YUP!
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