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shenmue

(38,506 posts) Fri Dec 1, 2017, 03:46 PM Dec 2017

German police say explosive found near Potsdam Xmas market

https://www.afp.com/en/news/205/german-police-say-explosive-found-near-potsdam-xmas-market-doc-us4f73

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Potsdam bomb 'was attempt to extort' from DHL shipping company muriel_volestrangler Dec 2017 #1

muriel_volestrangler

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1. Potsdam bomb 'was attempt to extort' from DHL shipping company

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Sun Dec 3, 2017, 03:04 PM

Dec 2017

Police investigating a bomb found at a Christmas market in Germany on Friday say it was not terrorism but an attempt to blackmail the shipping company, DHL.

The nail bomb was sent in a parcel to a pharmacy near a market in Potsdam.

Police performed a controlled explosion on the device, which was full of explosives but had no detonator.

After scanning a QR code on the package, police found that those involved demanded millions of euros to not set the bomb off.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42214932

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