SOMALI YOUTH FOR PEACE: Exploding Newspaper: Northern Calif. man injured, was it a pipe bomb?

Monday, March 28, 2011

Exploding Newspaper: Northern Calif. man injured, was it a pipe bomb?

CBS NEWS
Crimesider March 28, 2011 1:08 PM

(Credit: KCBS)

(CBS/AP) VACAVILLE, Calif. - A Northern California man who went outside to retrieve a newspaper from his driveway Sunday morning was injured when a device hidden inside the paper exploded, authorities said. The blast at around 10:20 a.m. forced the evacuation of about 50 surrounding homes in Vacaville in Solano County, about halfway between San Francisco and Sacramento.
The man's daughter-in-law, Sharon Sanchez, told KGO-TV that he had cooked breakfast and was waiting for family to arrive when he walked out to get the paper. It wasn't clear if the man was the target of the device, or if the explosion was a result of a random attack, Vacaville city spokesman Mark Mazzaferro said.
The man, who authorities haven't identified, was airlifted to the University of California, Davis Medical Center. He may have lost parts of fingers and suffered leg injuries, according to CBS affiliate KCBS.
A bomb squad from Travis Air Force Base and officials with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the California Highway Patrol helped search the area, but no other explosive devices were found, Mazzaferro said.
Residents from most of the evacuated homes were allowed to return late Sunday afternoon, he said.