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Pipe Bomb Blast in New Jersey Cancels Charity Run

by VOA News

   Authorities in Seaside Park, New Jersey, called off a 5K race Saturday
   morning that raised money for U.S. servicemen and women after a pipe
   bomb exploded in a trash bin near the event.

   No one was injured in the blast, but law enforcement is looking for
   additional explosives and there are reports that least one other device
   was found.

   The Associated Press reported that the start of the race had been
   delayed and the area was cleared out because an unattended backpack was
   found.

   According to the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office Facebook page, local
   authorities are being assisted by the FBI, ATF and NJ State Police Bomb
   Squad.