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Authorities Investigate Soda Bottle "Bomb" Found in Mailbox

By: KQTV
Updated: January 22, 2013
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(LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mo.) Authorities in Livingston County are investigating after finding a homemade bomb in a mailbox.

Sheriff Steve Cox said the chemical-reaction bomb was made from a soda bottle and placed inside a mailbox on Liv 506.

The bottle exploded, damaging the mailbox.

Sheriff Cox said it doesn't appear the culprit was targeting anyone at the home. He said it was most likely a random act, with the potential to be very dangerous.

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