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Explosion at local post office

A postal worker at the Post Office in Clyst St Mary was startled yesterday when a package exploded in her face as it was moved.

"It just went off in my hands" we think she might have said before being taken to the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital for treatment. She was not believed to be seriously injured, but died shortly afterwards from MRSA.

Assistant Chief Constable Bob Pennington said he suspected a link to Al Qaeda in this heinous plot to blow up a small town postmistress.

"Fortunately Explosive Ordinance Disposal officers were able to deal with the package at the scene and things were quickly returned to normal."

It was later pointed out that the package contained a car airbag bought through eBay and was quite innocuous.

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