Posted on 09/01/2006 9:43:36 AM PDT by Freedumb
A crude pipe bomb exploded this morning in a garbage can inside the Hinsdale Metra station lobby, but no one was injured and authorities said the incident was not a terrorist act.
Thomas Ahern, special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Tobacco, Alcohol and Firearms, said authorities had a “person of interest” in custody and were questioning him.
“It’s too early to know any motive,” he said, noting authorities were still interviewing the suspect, as well as train passengers. “It is what we could characterize as an improvised explosive device.”
Ahern said ATF officials worked with Hinsdale police, the FBI and the DuPage County Bomb Squad to comb other stations along the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad.
No other devices were found.
“It really had very little if any impact on the morning commute,” Ahern said.
Metra spokesman Tom Miller said late this morning the Hinsdale station was open and trains were stopping there.
At 6:53 a.m., a Metra employee called police to report “someone just threw a firecracker” into a garbage can at the Hinsdale depot, police said.
Shortly after the call, the fire alarm activated, but there was no extensive damage, police said.
Hinsdale police said witnesses saw the suspect board the 6:56 a.m. or 7:04 a.m. train to Chicago.
“At this time, we do not have any reason to believe this was a terrorist act,” police said in a statement
I will reserve judgement until I read the perp's name and see if it is Amish or not .
Or those darn Lutherans.
I think you meant to say that it's amazing how the press reports that the authorities always know right away whether or not it is terrorism.
Pipe bomb in a garbage can in a railway station. THIS IS NOT TERRORISM, REPEAT, THIS IS NOT TERRORISM!.............Epsilon double minus semi-morons line up here for your soma!.......
Too early to know his motive but not a terrorist act.
Paragraph 1: authorities said the incident was not a terrorist act.
Paragraph 2: It’s too early to know any motive...
Or those darn Lutherans? Exploding casserole dish?..........
Naa. It sounds more like something those evil southern Baptists would do. No doubt about it. :)
"said authorities had a “person of interest” in custody and were questioning him."
Name? Muslim?
It could be some dirtball doing a prank. Terrorists usually don't do garbage cans. That said, it will be intersting to find out the name or this "person of interest".
6:53am? Not this Baptist.
Other sources are saying the suspect was a "tall and skinny black man, about 20 years old."
Where is this place?
“At this time, we do not have any reason to believe this was a terrorist act,” police said in a statement.
Sounds like they are reserving judgment as well.
Converted Muslim just released from prison?
Hinsdale is a western suburb of Chicago.
It's about 15 minutes from the national headquarters of the Nation of Islam in Chicago.
A very well-to-do suburb, as they go. Median household income over 100K.
Or those darn Lutherans
Naa. It sounds more like something those evil southern Baptists would do. No doubt about it. :)
Actually...It was a renegade Eagle Scout.
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