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Bomb-Like Device Found On Flight Headed To Germany

November 18 2010

Namibia

Police in Namibia have discovered a suspected explosive device in baggage booked on a flight headed for Germany, Bloomberg News reports.

The Air Berlin flight was bound from Windhoek to Munich on Wednesday.

The device contained batteries wired to a working clock and a detonator, police said.

Germany dispatched a team of experts to the Namibian capital in southern Africa to examine the device, officials from the Federal Criminal Office (BKA) said.

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