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To: Peter Dierks who wrote (681528)	5/5/2005 8:00:00 AM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) of 769670

Police probe blasts at UK Consulate in NYC No injuries reported in explosion caused by makeshift grenades NBC News The site where police believe makeshift grenades planted in a cement flower box exploded is seen here, outside the British Consulate in New York, on Thursday. MSNBC News Services Updated: 7:16 a.m. ET May 5, 2005NEW YORK - Two small makeshift grenades exploded outside the British Consulate in New York early Thursday, causing slight damage to the building but injuring no one, officials said. Emergency services, including a bomb squad, were seen at the site in Midtown Manhattan and the building was evacuated, NBC affiliate WNBC-TV reported. The blasts occurred at 3:50 a.m. and originated inside a cement flower box outside the consulate, said police department spokesman Noel Waters. Police said the devices were both toy grenades that had been altered to explode with the addition of black gunpowder. Police made the conclusion after piecing together the shrapnel. They estimated that one was the size of a pineapple; the other the size of a lemon. The blasts shattered a panel of glass in the building’s front door and ripped a one-foot chunk from the planter. The building has retail shops on the lower level. Britain said it was checking reports of the blasts. "We are aware of the reports and we are checking them," a Foreign Office spokeswoman said. The incident occurred as polls in Britain were opening for a general election, a heated race in which Prime Minister Tony Blair’s fight for a third term could be hampered by public anger over the Iraq war.

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