Vigilance urged over letter bombs
LONDON - Police are urging office workers to be alert to suspicious packages, after seven letter bombs were posted in England and Wales in three weeks.
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The DVLA in Swansea was the latest place to receive a device on Wednesday.
Police say the packages do not point clearly to one group or cause, although speculation has focused on angry motorists or animal rights activists. Police believe an attack could happen again, and are advising anyone handling items of mail to take extra care.
Police believe three of the letter bombs -one sent to a firm in Birmingham and two to firms in Oxfordshire, all on 18 January- are linked.
On the back of one of the envelopes was the name of Barry Horne, an animal rights extremist who died in 2001 while in jail for a firebombing campaign. But letter bombs have also since been sent to motoring-related firms in London and Berkshire, and to a private address in Kent.
Officers are compiling a list of all the business activities and organisations associated with the companies targeted, to see if there is any link. They are also examining the parcels and devices - two of which were intercepted and are intact. Handwriting and postmarks are also being analysed.
The police’s national co-ordinator for domestic extremism said both animal rights activism and the possibility of a grudge-holding motorist were being examined as „priority lines of inquiry.” (RD)
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