Homemade explosive devices found on Swampscott, Mass. beach

[Ian David]

Homemade explosive devices found on Mass. beach

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass. (AP) A woman walking on a beach in Swampscott found two explosive devices that authorities say were powerful enough to kill a person.

Firefighter Robert Faulkner says the homemade objects, about the size of tennis balls, were wrapped in duct tape and had two-inch fuses. He says they contained what appeared to be gunpowder.

Faulkner says the woman who found the devices on Monday had placed them in a plastic bag in front of her home. On Wednesday, a friend suggested that she call police.

Officials evacuated nearby homes while the State Police bomb squad sent two robots in to remove the objects and deactivate them with a water cannon.

More:
http://wbztv.com/massachusettswire/22.0.html?type=local&state=ma&category=n&filename=MA--SuspiciousDevices.xml


I suppose that's ONE way to get the clams out of the sand.

[billyoc]

1. lol, clams.

:rofl: