Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Found Outside Entrance To Food Center In St. Thomas
CHARLOTTE AMALIE — An improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered outside a popular grocery store in Red Hook, St. Thomas early this morning, the Virgin Islands Free Press has learned.
Authorities removed the device — in the form of an ordinary pressure cooker — about 9:40 a.m. today in front of the entrance for Food Center in Estate Frydenhoj, sources said.
A bomb disposal unit has been deployed from Puerto Rico by the U.S. Army to safely dispose of the IED.
A pressure cooker can be used as a bomb if explosive material and a blasting cap is inserted into it, according to Wikipedia.
Pressure cookers were used as explosive devices in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.
Government House (which is responsible for the Virgin Islands Fire Services) and the Virgin Islands Police Department (VIPD) did not immediately respond to a request for further information about this breaking news story.
Government House spokeswoman Cherie Munchez and VIPD spokesman Glen Dratte did not return VI Freep requests for information.
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