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Homemade bomb found in C China park

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-12-01 12:24
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A homemade bomb was discovered in a public park in Wuhan, capital city of Central China's Hubei province on the morning of Nov 30, Wuhan Evening News reported.

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Local police cordoned off the park gate area where the bomb was found, and the explosive ordnance disposal team was sent to remove it before 10 am.

Min Dongmei, a sanitation worker, and several morning exercisers found a suspicious-looking box near the gate of Liberation Park before 9 am. They thought it looked like a bomb and called the police.

The police confirmed that it was a homemade bomb with simple production and no timer. The case is under investigation.