Bellingham police officers responded to the St. Joseph Medical Center on Wednesday evening after hospital staff located a small improvised explosive device in the jacket pocket of an admitted patient, according to Megan Peters with the Bellingham Police Department.
Hospital staff removed the device from the building before officers arrived. Officers established a safety perimeter around the device until Bellingham Police Department’s Hazardous Device Unit (HDU) could respond to secure the device, according to Peters.
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Source: Yahoo News
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