[LibertyRocks]

Found a report with a little more in-depth information:

http://www.witntv.com/home/headlines/1791626.html
Suspicious Backpack At ECU

Buildings were evacuated and the bomb squad called in after a suspicious backpack was discovered at East Carolina University. The unattended backpack was found behind the Jenkins building on the Greenville campus, prompting that building, the Irving building and the old cafeteria building to be evacuated. A K-9 unit detected something in the bag which could be used to make explosives. So, the Cherry Point Marine Corps Bomb Squad detonated it with a water cannon. Turns out it contained sections of copper pipe. The owner of the backpack was being held for questioning.

I'm glad they have the apparent owner of the bag in custody. Seeing as the dog detected something in the bag makes it interesting. I'll readily admit I'm unfamiliar with what the dogs are trained to detect though.

Finding these sorts of things on campus seems rather unsettling in light of the OU Bombing. Perhaps this kind of thing happens more often than we're aware of?

[Calpernia]

East Carolina University

Oh Ok!

[El Gato]

A K-9 unit detected something in the bag which could be used to make explosives. So, the Cherry Point Marine Corps Bomb Squad detonated it with a water cannon. Turns out it contained sections of copper pipe.

Copper pipes... In a backpack? One that causes a K-9 unit (Hopefully one trained to sniff out explosives, not drugs) to alert. Then it's detonated with a water cannon? Copper pipes don't detonate, no matter how hard you hit them. Unless of course they are filled with something that smells like an explosive, then depending on the details, it might detonate when hit or dropped.