NATION : Gas Bomb Targets NAACP; 12 Hurt
A booby-trapped package spewed noxious gas at the Southeastern regional headquarters of the NAACP today, sending at least 12 people to hospitals.
Earl Shinhoster, executive director of the NAACP’s regional headquarters, said the incident occurred about 12:30 p.m. when he and his secretary opened the package, a white hat box that had been part of the day’s mail delivered an hour earlier.
Shinhoster said the yellow-colored gas spread through the three-story red brick building within two minutes--irritating eyes, making breathing difficult and forcing the evacuation of everyone inside.
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