One Killed in Alabama Clinic Bombing


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Thursday January 29 11:04 AM EST

One Person Killed in Alabama Clinic Blast

   BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Reuters) - An explosion killed one person and
   injured at least one other Thursday at a Birmingham women's clinic
   that performs abortions, the local fire chief said.

   "We do have one confirmed fatality," Fire Chief Ray Brooks said. He
   said another injured person was taken to a hospital. "That individual
   is still alive," he said.

   Television station WRBC identified the injured person as a nurse who
   opened the clinic.

   The explosion occurred between 7:45 a.m. and 8 a.m. local time (8:45
   a.m. and 9 a.m. EST) at the New Women's Health Clinic in the south
   side of downtown Birmingham, Pat Heaton, a spokeswoman for the U.S.
   Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said.

   The explosion blew out the windows and ripped away an awning on the
   two-floor brick building. The cause of the explosion was unknown.
   Witnesses were kept several blocks away in case of a second explosion.
   The neighborhood, including a nearby building on the University of
   Alabama, was evacuated.

   "In situations like this often there is a secondary device that we
   have to be concerned about," Brooks said. FBI spokesman Craig Dahle
   said he was unaware of any threats to the clinic.
 
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