Updated: Suspect parcel bomb turns out to be bag of clothes

A parcel suspected to be a bomb turned up to be just a bag full of clothes. The AFM's Explosives Ordnance Disposal went to the site where the "bomb" was found at St Albert Street, Gzira, and the Civil Protection Department were put on standby. But...

A parcel suspected to be a bomb turned up to be just a bag full of clothes.

The AFM's Explosives Ordnance Disposal went to the site where the "bomb" was found at St Albert Street, Gzira, and the Civil Protection Department were put on standby.

But after spraying the bag with water, the AFM found it to contain only clothes.

Last Tuesday, 60-year-old Philip Cini of Qormi was seriously injured following a parcel bomb explosion at his residence.

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