“West Coast Bank’s Woodburn West Branch is Damaged in Bombing Blast
Business is Transferred to the Company’s East Woodburn Branch”
Last update: 1:26 a.m. EST Dec. 13, 2008
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., Dec 13, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — West Coast Bank’s (WCBO:
SNIPPET: “Woodburn West branch, 155 South Evergreen Road, has closed for business after a bomb exploded in the bank lobby at 5:30 p.m. Friday afternoon.
Oregon State bomb technicians were called to the bank after a suspicious device was found outside the branch. When the device was opened in the lobby, the bomb detonated. Two West Coast Bank employees received minor injuries.”
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/december122008/explosion_update_12-12-08.php
Dec-12-2008 22:35
“Update on Serious Explosion in Woodburn that Injured Police”
Salem-News.com staff
SNIPPET: “Isham says a multi-agency investigation involving federal, state, county and city police agencies has begun to identify the person(s) responsible in this tragic incident.”
Salem-News.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(WOODBURN, Ore.) - Law enforcement agencies have descended on Woodburn, Oregon, where an explosion ripped through a bank today seriously injuring three police officers. A bank employee received injuries that are described as minor.
Marion County Sheriff Russ Isham says this morning at approximately 10:32 AM, a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person.
“Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb technician,” Isham said.
During the day the investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 just east of Interstate 5. Isham says the day took an unexpected, tragic turn shortly before 5:30 PM.
“While investigators were in the area, a suspicious device detonated at approximately 5:24 PM. Two Woodburn police officers and an Oregon State Police bomb technician received serious injuries and a bank employee received minor injuries.” The officer’s names and the bank employee’s name are not being released at this time.”
Didn’t you think that it was ironic that the bomb expert had a Middle Eastern name?