One killed by Paris parcel bomb

homeofthebrave · Post by **homeofthebrave** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:43 pm

Could be just a personal grudge I guess:

One killed by Paris parcel bomb

Thursday, 6 December 2007, 13:56 GMT

A parcel bomb explosion has killed one person and injured at least five others at law offices in central Paris.

The former law firm of President Nicolas Sarkozy is located in the same building as the office where the device exploded, at 52 Boulevard Malesherbes.

A lawyer and his secretary were among those injured, the French news agency AFP reports.

The building also houses The Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah - a Holocaust remembrance body.

French officials said the parcel bomb exploded on the fourth floor - not the one where Mr Sarkozy's old firm is located.

It was addressed to the law office of Catherine Gouet-Jenselme, AFP reported. It was not clear why she may have been the target of an attack.

Another parcel bomb arrived at the same address, but remained unopened, officials said.

French Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie was rushing back from Brussels to visit the scene. She condemned the bombing as a "cowardly, odious act".

The mayor of Paris and police chiefs have already gone to the scene.

There was no immediate indication that the attack was linked in any way with President Sarkozy.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7130904.stm

abuyemeni · Post by **abuyemeni** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 6:01 pm

What is an parcel bomb,...?

3656 · Post by **3656** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:52 pm

A bomb in a package or box.

abuyemeni · Post by **abuyemeni** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 11:59 pm

A bomb in a package or box.

I did not know they called it that,.

sounds like a pritty fancy word for a bomb in a box or packege,...

3656 · Post by **3656** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:24 am

Yea not used much anymore kind of old school.

UPS- The brown trucks.

United Parcel Service.

Just like the old saying goes---we learn something new everyday.

Goodnight.

homeofthebrave · Post by **homeofthebrave** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:40 am

homeofthebrave wrote:Could be just a personal grudge I guess:

Yep:

Man detained over Paris bombing

Police in Paris have detained a man in connection with Thursday's parcel bomb attack at law offices which killed one person and injured several others.

A police source told the French news agency AFP that the man had been reported in 2005 for harassment of lawyer Catherine Gouet-Jenselme.

A secretary in the Gouet-Jenselme law firm was killed in the Paris bombing.

She had opened the package, which contained two explosive devices. A lawyer nearby was injured.

The former law firm of President Nicolas Sarkozy is located in the same building in central Paris, but there was no suggestion of a link.

The building also houses The Foundation for the Memory of the Holocaust.

The bomb went off shortly before 1300 local time (1200 GMT) on the fourth floor of the building, police said.

"Someone came to the office and left a package. The secretary who opened it in fact opened a parcel bomb. The parcel bomb killed her," Christian Charriere-Bournazel, president of the Paris bar association, told the Associated Press news agency.

The identity of the woman is yet to be released, while the injured lawyer was named as Olivier Brane.

An eyewitness said he first heard a muffled explosion, and later saw a blonde woman carried out of the building.

"She was completely covered with blood, she was unconscious," Damien Laude told AP.

Mr Laude said he also saw a man with a head wound emerging from the building.

About 10 people were treated for shock, officials said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7132179.stm

3656 · Post by **3656** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 9:58 am

Ah who cares its just lawyers anyways.