-Caveat Lector- Euphorian spotted this on the Guardian Unlimited Observer site and thought you should see it.
To see this story with its related links on the Guardian Unlimited Observer site, go to http://www.observer.co.uk Bomb kills seven in Finland Burhan Wazir Saturday October 12 2002 The Guardian A devastating bomb blast that ripped through a packed shopping centre in a Helsinki suburb, killing seven and injuring 80, was condemned as an 'act of terror' by the Finnish authorities yesterday. Police said the bomber was thought to have died in the attack. 'There are no indications of motives yet,' Tero Haapala, a police official, told a press conference. He said the suspect was a local male Finnish student under the age of 20. The blast, on Friday evening, was Finland's worst explosion in decades. The bomb went off on the ground floor of a shopping centre in Vantaa, nine miles north of Helsinki. The shopping centre is the second largest in the country. There was widespread panic as around 2,000 shoppers fled when part of the glass canopy collapsed. Nine children were among the injured. At the time of the explosion, a clown had been inflating balloons for children near the blast site. Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen said yesterday the government was doing everything possible to find out who was behind the attack. 'We hope that this is an isolated incident,' he said, adding that it was not yet know whether a terrorist organisation was behind the attack. 'Nothing like this has happened in Finland before. The information we have suggests that the explosives were constructed so as to cause the largest possible damage.' Yesterday morning, the government met in an emergency session and Lipponen and President Tarja Halonen attended a memorial service for the victims and their families at a church near the blast site. Police said they had not detained anyone but were questioning several people. 'The amount of explosives used was such that it could easily be carried around unobserved,' said Jari Liukku, chief superintendent of the National Bureau of Investigation. The Finnish Red Cross appealed yesterday for blood donors to meet extra demand in hospitals operating on blast victims, some of whom had lost limbs. 'This is the most serious accident since World War II in the Helsinki region,' said Eero Hirvensalo, a physician at Helsinki University Central Hospital. The explosion heightened security fears around a country where government officials and other public figures usually mingle with crowds. In July, a car bomb exploded at traffic lights in central Helsinki killing one person and injuring the assailant who triggered the blast in a nearby vehicle. Police said the attack was connected to crime gangs. Copyright Guardian Newspapers Limited <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
