Monaca police: Child found homemade explosive
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MONACA (AP) – Police in Western Pennsylvania said a pipe bomb-like device found by a 3-year-old girl could have exploded.
Monaca police Chief Bill Petures says that whoever created the device had “negative intentions” and it wasn’t some type of firework, the Beaver County Times reportd Tuesday. Monaca is about 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.
The Allegheny County Bomb Squad was called after the girl found the device Monday afternoon while playing on a lawn. She carried it to her father, and residents were evacuated from the apartment building. The 12-inch-long device was wrapped in duct tape and was filled with an incendiary substance.
Petures said it’s fortunate no one was hurt.
No arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.