Man Injured After Package Explodes In Philadelphia Apartment
PHILADELPHIA (CBSNewYork/AP) -- Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross says a package that exploded in an apartment, hurting a man, included an "actual device'' that was meant to injure.
Federal agents early Tuesday were helping the city's bomb squad investigate the package that injured the 62-year-old Center City man about 4 a.m.
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He had received the package Monday evening and opened it early Tuesday believing it contained an inhaler or other type of medicine. Sources say the victim received the device in a manila envelope, CBS2 reported.
Ross said that although the package was "target specific,'' investigators don't consider it an act of terrorism.
It wasn't immediately clear if police know or suspect who sent the package, or why. Details about the device were not immediately available.
The victim has injuries to both hands and is in stable condition. Several people nearby were evacuated from their homes, but have since returned.
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