Bomb Falls Out Of Man’s Backpack During With Fight Officer
July 23, 2008 by national
Filed under Incident Reports
Baltimore police say a bomb fell out of a man’s backpack as he fought with a University of Maryland, Baltimore officer.
City police spokesman Sterling Clifford says the university police officer stopped the man in the 800 block of West Baltimore Street about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Clifford says the man was acting like he was trying to hide a weapon before the officer began to search him. Then, police say the man began to fight the officer and a small bomb fell out of the man’s backpack.
Clifford says the bomb wouldn’t have done serious damage but wouldn’t offer more details about it.
According to Clifford, the university will file assault charges and the city will charge him with possessing a bomb. Police haven’t released the man’s identity.
From The Baltimore Sun
A man who was stopped Tuesday morning and questioned by a police officer near the University of Maryland’s Baltimore campus was arrested after a makeshift explosive device fell from his knapsack when he fought with the officer, authorities said.
The man was being questioned by detectives, and charges had not been filed Tuesday evening. His name was not released.
Sterling Clifford, a Baltimore police spokesman, said the man was stopped by the university officer in the 800 block of W. Baltimore St. about 7:30 a.m. “The man was clutching his side as if he was trying to conceal a weapon,” Clifford said.
The university officer told the man that he was going to search him, and Clifford said the man fought back. During the scuffle, Clifford said, the man’s backpack fell to the pavement and “a small explosive device fell out.”
