Monday, November 01, 2004

Suicide bomber tries to burn down children's center

A former manager a youth home rammed his explosives laden truck into a children center's administrative office on October 24th. Jim Malone had recently quit his job running a home for the Children's Aid Society due to frustrations about funding and staff level cuts.
After lighting two propane tanks in this truck, he rammed it through the glass door of the social services agency in Ontario, Canada early in the morning. None of the few workers inside were injured and there were no children there at the time. It is thought by some of those interviewed that he did not intend for anyone to be hurt except for himself. He was badly burned and stabbed himself after falling out the truck. The estimated cost of the incident is up to 1.5 million dollars with most of the damage caused from water damage from the sprinkler system.

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