Wednesday, January 19, 2011

FBI: Bomb placed at MLK Day parade was ‘domestic terrorism’

Device capable of inflicting 'multiple casualties'

A bomb left in a backpack on the route of a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Washington, has been described as being in the "realm of domestic terrorism" by the FBI.

The bomb was found on bench Monday morning at the northeast corner of North Washington Street and West Main Avenue in the city's downtown core. Spokane police were alerted to its presence before the parade -- which was attended by some 1,000 people -- got underway.

The parade was rerouted away from the site. A robot and a hazmat unit were used to defuse the device.

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