Bombs Explode in Two Georgia Stores
Small bombs exploded in two grocery stores in this Atlanta suburb Saturday, shortly after the stores were evacuated because of telephoned bomb threats.
No injuries were reported, and the two explosions were described by witnesses and authorities as small.
Callers also threatened bombings at two additional grocery stores and a fast-food outlet, police said.
Investigators did not believe the bombs were related to a series of mail bombs in the South in December that killed a federal judge and a civil rights lawyer, said Police Chief Jerry King. Agents from the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms joined in the investigation.
Police dispatcher Jill Moore said a caller telephoned a Cub Foods and a Kroger to say bombs would explode between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
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