1 Hurt as Package Bomb Explodes at Robertson’s Broadcasting Offices
A bomb in a package addressed to the Rev. Pat Robertson exploded Friday at his Christian Broadcasting Network’s mail room, injuring a security guard, network officials said.
Authorities confirmed that there was a bombing, but did not release any details.
The package had a North Carolina postmark and was thought to be suspicious, said Frankie Abourjilie, a CBN spokeswoman. Security guard Scott Scheepers was summoned, and the bomb exploded when he opened the package.
Scheepers, 33, was taken to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition with shrapnel wounds to his left leg.
Robertson, a 1988 Republican presidential hopeful, said the package was addressed to him.
“This could be part of a pattern of attacks against evangelical Christians,” Robertson said, noting two other recent attacks--the explosion of a letter bomb at the home of the Rev. John Osteen of Houston that injured his daughter and an arson fire at the Indiana recording studio of gospel singer Sandi Patti.
Virginia Beach police spokesman Lou Thurston declined to give details about Friday’s bomb.
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