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Improvised explosive device detonated near JC Penney at Lake Wales mall [FL USA]
WFTV9(Florida) ^ | 1-21-18 | Chip Skambis

Posted on 01/21/2018 6:52:42 PM PST by Revel

LAKE WALES, Fla. - Lake Wales police are searching for those responsible for detonating an improvised explosive device near the entrance of the JC Penney at the Eagle Ridge Mall Sunday evening.

Firefighters responded to reports of an explosion at the mall on 451 Eagle Ridge Drive around 5:20 p.m.

Firefighters quickly determined an IED had been detonated in a corridor located next to the mall entrance of JC Penney, officials said.

Firefighters also found a backpack in the same corridor with another possible IED inside.

There were no injuries as a result of the explosion, officials said, but the mall has been evacuated.

(Excerpt) Read more at wftv.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: bombthreat; crime; domesticterrorism; florida; ied; lakewales; mall; terrorthreat
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1 posted on 01/21/2018 6:52:42 PM PST by Revel
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To: Revel

Were any flaming tire tracks found in the parking lot?


2 posted on 01/21/2018 6:54:06 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Revel

Don’t underestimate even inept terrorists.


3 posted on 01/21/2018 6:55:00 PM PST by allendale (.)
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To: Revel

They probably found it near the snackbar.


4 posted on 01/21/2018 6:55:13 PM PST by palmer (...if we do not have strong families and strong values, then we will be weak and we will not survive)
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To: palmer
They probably found it near the snackbar.

No, that would've been in Hawaii.

5 posted on 01/21/2018 6:58:20 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Revel

I hope they have good surveillance cameras in the area.


6 posted on 01/21/2018 6:58:39 PM PST by Parley Baer
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To: Revel

Troy Schulze, a spokesman for the Polk County Fire Department, told NBC News that a pipe bomb appeared to have detonated in a service corridor


7 posted on 01/21/2018 7:04:57 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies
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To: grey_whiskers

Aloha Snackbar?


8 posted on 01/21/2018 7:05:24 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Revel

The suspect was described as a heavy set White guy, but as of yet no conclusions of signs of a hate crime have been jumped to.


9 posted on 01/21/2018 7:09:48 PM PST by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: Revel

Bad bad. And seems pointless too.


10 posted on 01/21/2018 7:11:05 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Aloha Snackbar?

First thing that occurred to me...

11 posted on 01/21/2018 7:11:07 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Revel
No one was has posted it yet, so I guess it's up to me.


12 posted on 01/21/2018 7:11:09 PM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Lurkin. You the man with that one!!!


13 posted on 01/21/2018 7:13:10 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Revel

Woah! I was just there on Tuesday visiting my mother.


14 posted on 01/21/2018 7:24:27 PM PST by cantfindagoodscreenname (I really hate not knowing what was said in the deleted posts....)
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To: Revel

Those wacky Amish are at it again...


15 posted on 01/21/2018 7:31:16 PM PST by Clinging Bitterly (I will not comply.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Abdula snack bar?


16 posted on 01/21/2018 7:39:16 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Revel
It was a Sears employee who decided to bomb Penny, since Sears is closing (or did)... 😁
17 posted on 01/21/2018 7:51:11 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: faithhopecharity

Not pointless...it’s a test to see response.


18 posted on 01/21/2018 7:56:13 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (WINNING! !!)
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To: Revel

Sure it wasnt just a big bag of del taco?


19 posted on 01/21/2018 7:57:35 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

i see. yes that could be it


20 posted on 01/21/2018 7:57:40 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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