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07/02/2007
DVLA workers injured by letter bomb
Four employees at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency offices in Swansea have been injured by a parcel bomb.
The incident occurred around 9:30am on Wednesday morning. They were taken to hospital, where one woman remains being treated for injuries that include burns on her hands and cuts on her hands and body. Her condition is described as stable.
On Tuesday, two men suffered blast injuries to their hands and upper body in a letter bomb explosion at the offices of accountancy firm Vantis in Oaklands Business Centre in Wokingham.
Vantis is linked to Speed Check Services, which provides digital speed cameras to police.
On Monday, a woman was slightly injured by a letter bomb in the Capita building in Victoria Street in central London.
Capita runs London's congestion charge system.
On Wednesday, it also emerged that a 53-year-old man was injured by a letter bomb at his home in Folkestone in Kent on Saturday. He is understood to have collected his mail from a business address before he returned home to open it.
Three letter bombs were also sent to companies in the Oxfordshire and West Midlands areas last month.
In those cases, the companies had received an A5 jiffy bag containing a crude firework-type explosive device.
Two of them ignited, slightly injuring one woman.
It is understood that all the companies provided forensic services for the criminal justice system and police and, according to reports, they are not so far being linked to the latest attacks.
(KMcA/SP)
The incident occurred around 9:30am on Wednesday morning. They were taken to hospital, where one woman remains being treated for injuries that include burns on her hands and cuts on her hands and body. Her condition is described as stable.
On Tuesday, two men suffered blast injuries to their hands and upper body in a letter bomb explosion at the offices of accountancy firm Vantis in Oaklands Business Centre in Wokingham.
Vantis is linked to Speed Check Services, which provides digital speed cameras to police.
On Monday, a woman was slightly injured by a letter bomb in the Capita building in Victoria Street in central London.
Capita runs London's congestion charge system.
On Wednesday, it also emerged that a 53-year-old man was injured by a letter bomb at his home in Folkestone in Kent on Saturday. He is understood to have collected his mail from a business address before he returned home to open it.
Three letter bombs were also sent to companies in the Oxfordshire and West Midlands areas last month.
In those cases, the companies had received an A5 jiffy bag containing a crude firework-type explosive device.
Two of them ignited, slightly injuring one woman.
It is understood that all the companies provided forensic services for the criminal justice system and police and, according to reports, they are not so far being linked to the latest attacks.
(KMcA/SP)
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A man has been remanded in custody, charged with the recent series of letter bomb attacks in the UK. Miles Cooper, 27, a primary school caretaker from Cherry Hinton near Cambridge, was arrested on Monday afternoon. He is charged with 12 offences under the Explosives Substances Act and the Offences Against the Person Act.
09 February 2007
Man arrested over series of letter bombs
A 48-year-old man who claimed that he sent one of a series of letter bombs to UK businesses had been arrested. The man reportedly contacted BBC Radio 2's 'The Jeremy Vine Show' on Thursday, wanting to go on air and confess to sending the bomb to accountancy firm Vantis in Wokingham, Berkshire on Tuesday.
Man arrested over series of letter bombs
A 48-year-old man who claimed that he sent one of a series of letter bombs to UK businesses had been arrested. The man reportedly contacted BBC Radio 2's 'The Jeremy Vine Show' on Thursday, wanting to go on air and confess to sending the bomb to accountancy firm Vantis in Wokingham, Berkshire on Tuesday.
23 May 2007
Man in court over letter bomb campaign
A man has appeared in court to face eleven charges connected to a letter bomb campaign. Primary school caretaker Miles Cooper, 27, pleaded not guilty to the charges of using or possession of explosive devices at Oxford Crown Court on Wednesday.
Man in court over letter bomb campaign
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25 August 2003
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Man Arrested Over 1998 Car Bomb Attack In Moira
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