Whitey Ford
10-29-2023, 04:10 PM
Goodwill evacuated after live ‘cluster bomblet’ found among donations
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Authorities are looking for the person whose donation to a Wisconsin Goodwill last week included ammunition and a live explosive device, kicking off a bomb scare and evacuations of the area.
Employees of the thrift store in the city of Janesville outside of Madison made the startling discovery on Friday morning while inventorying donated items, prompting the evacuation of an entire city block for more than two and a half hours while authorities investigated, police said.
The Dane County Bomb Squad was dispatched to the scene and collected the explosive device, identified by police as a “cluster bomblet,” to be safely destroyed, authorities said.
“Employees quickly followed safety protocols by informing store and donation center management and safety teams who then evacuated the building out of precaution for shoppers, donors and employees,” Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin wrote in a statement.
https://nypost.com/2023/10/29/news/cluster-bomblet-goodwill-donation-prompts-bomb-scare-evacuations/
https://i.imgur.com/bE7Vah5.jpg
Authorities are looking for the person whose donation to a Wisconsin Goodwill last week included ammunition and a live explosive device, kicking off a bomb scare and evacuations of the area.
Employees of the thrift store in the city of Janesville outside of Madison made the startling discovery on Friday morning while inventorying donated items, prompting the evacuation of an entire city block for more than two and a half hours while authorities investigated, police said.
The Dane County Bomb Squad was dispatched to the scene and collected the explosive device, identified by police as a “cluster bomblet,” to be safely destroyed, authorities said.
“Employees quickly followed safety protocols by informing store and donation center management and safety teams who then evacuated the building out of precaution for shoppers, donors and employees,” Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin wrote in a statement.
https://nypost.com/2023/10/29/news/cluster-bomblet-goodwill-donation-prompts-bomb-scare-evacuations/