Woman's Scooter Blown Up in Security Scare

Woman's Scooter Blown Up in Security Scare

Sun Mar 20,12:26 PM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters



LONDON (Reuters) - Heidi Brown was told she could park her new scooter outside the vehicle registration office while she waited to get license plates.



To her horror, it was blown up by the army after someone reported that it might be a bomb.


Police in Ipswich, eastern England, confirmed on Thursday that a moped had been blown up in a controlled explosion after local business people "raised concerns" that it could be a bomb.


"The moped was chained to the perimeter fence outside the building. We weren't able to identify whose vehicle it was because there were no license plates on it," said a spokeswoman for Suffolk police.


http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=757&e=1&u=/nm/20050320/od_nm/britain_scooter_dc

New rules, I guess.

If they evacuated surrounding buildings...oh, never mind. This isn't going to make any sense no matter what.

Catch-22 for this poor woman.

-- near public buildings DESERVE to have them blown to bits by the police.

Whoever would imperil others reaps the consequences!