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SOMETHING MORE, BUT EITHER WAY THEY SAY IT’S EXTREMELY , DANGEROUS. IT WAS MADE FROM A LARGE METAL OBJECT WITH A FUSE STICKING OUT. AND LACONIA POLICE CHIEF MATT CANFIELD SAYS IT WAS THE REAL DEAL. CHIE CANFIELD: IT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF SERIOUSLY INJURING OR KILLING SOMEBODY. TIM: THE PIPE BOMB WAS LOCATED MONDAY HERE AT BARTLETT BEACH. THE PEOPLE WHO DISCOVERED IT CALLED 911. CHIEF CANFIELD: SOME RESIDENTS FOUND AN ITEM THAT LOOKED LIKE A BOMB IN THE BEACH. TIM: THIS IS THE SECOND TIME AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE HAS BEEN FOUND IN THE CITY IN JUST A MATTER OF WEEKS. LORENZ: IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT, YEAH, IT IS GETTING -- LAWRENCE: IF THEY ARE WILLING TO DO STUFF LIKE THAT, YEAH, IT IS GETTING A LITTLE SCARY. TIM: ON SEPTEMBER 16, A CHEMICAL BOTTLE BOMB WAS LOCATED IN THE PARKING LOT AT THE BELKNAP COUNTY COURTHOUSE. NO ONE WAS HURT IN EITHER CASE. KIM: WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT ONE OF THEM COME UP WITH A FUSE ON IT, THE OTHER WAS A CHEMICAL BOMB, I WAS FLABBERGASTED. I HAVE GRANDKIDS, AND I WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN. IT IS SCARY. TIM: NO SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN NAMED, SO IT’S UNCLEAR AS TO WHO MAY BE BEHIND THE BOMBS OR WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS ARE. BUT POLICE ARE LOOKING AT SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE FOR CLUES CHIEF CANFIELD: IT IS UNUSUAL TO HAVE TWO EXPLOSIVE DEVICES FOUND IN SUCH A SHORT TIME FRAME, SO WE ARE CERTAINLY LOOKING FOR ANY CONNECTIONS, BUT WE HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED THAT YET. AMY: VERY DANGEROUS. THE POLICE FORCE CAN HANDLE THAT AND DO VERY WELL WITH IT.

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