From: Rusty�Bullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Guardian Bomb linked to anti-hunt activists Geoffrey Gibbs Tuesday August 22, 2000 A home-made bomb with the potential to kill or maim anyone within 100 yards could have been planted by anti-hunt activists, it was claimed yesterday. The device was discovered at the weekend by a gamekeeper jammed into a stone wall on a farm at Syreford, near Cheltenham. The land is used by the Cotswold Hunt. Explosives experts say the bomb consisted of a two litre plastic bottle filled with liquid and 5lb of brass nuts. They said the nuts would have shot out like shrapnel. A timer device attached to the bomb failed to go off. Gloucestershire police sealed off the area and closed a nearby road while bomb disposal specialists made the device safe. A spokeswoman for 721 Explosives Ordnance Depot at Ashchurch said police had indicated they could not rule out hunt saboteurs. "The item was in such an open area it might have been a test," she said. "It was potentially dangerous. If children had got hold of it I don't know what would have happened." Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
