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THREE HURT IN LATEST LETTER BOMB
07/02/2007
By Peter Griffiths
LONDON (Reuters) - A letter bomb exploded at the vehicle licensing agency on Wednesday, injuring three women, in a spate of attacks targeting organisations involved in enforcing traffic regulations.
Police chiefs said seven devices had been sent through the mail in the last three weeks, injuring six people, including three bombs in the last three days.
Wednesday's blast at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) in Swansea raised media speculation that the campaign of letter bombs had been launched by an angry motorist.
One woman was treated for minor burns and two other women suffered hearing injuries, police said, adding that it was too early to say if there was a link to any other attack.
Attacks on Monday and Tuesday this week also hit offices linked to companies involved in speed cameras and traffic fees.
"I am appealing today for companies, organisations and individuals to take extra care when handling mail," Assistant Chief Constable Anton Setchell said in a statement.
Kent police disclosed that a 53-year-old man was injured when a letter exploded at his home in Folkestone on Saturday.
Home Secretary John Reid said the explosions were worrying. "It is important that we allow police to get on with their investigation without undue speculation," he said in a statement.
GROUNDSWELL OF ANGER
A letter bomb exploded at a business centre in Berkshire on Tuesday at the office of Vantis, a business services firm, injuring two men.
Newspapers reported that the letter was addressed to "Speed Check Services" which supplies speed cameras to the police but was sent instead to its accountants.
On Monday, a woman was injured in a letter bomb explosion at the London headquarters of Capita, the firm managing the capital's congestion charge. The company collects 25 million payments a year from motorists who drive into central London during weekdays.
Safe Speed, a pressure group which campaigns against the widespread use of speed cameras, condemned the attacks.
"While we don't agree with current road safety policy, that's no excuse for sending letter bombs. It's a behaviour we would roundly condemn," the group's founder Paul Smith said.
But he added: "There is a groundswell of anger that we are subjected to a (motoring) policy that is onerous, unpleasant and ineffective," he said.
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