Bomb planted at Chicago Train Station, but you'll be happy to know it was "not a terrorist act"

From the (Chicago) Daily Herald site:

A crude pipe bomb exploded this morning in a garbage can inside the Hinsdale Metra station lobby, but no one was injured and authorities said the incident was not a terrorist act.

Thomas Ahern, special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Tobacco, Alcohol and Firearms, said authorities had a “person of interest” in custody and were questioning him.

“It’s too early to know any motive,” he said, noting authorities were still interviewing the suspect, as well as train passengers. “It is what we could characterize as an improvised explosive device.”

Atlas Shrugs posts this story, which includes the following statement from "Authorities": "The device was more elaborate than some—it had a timer that allowed a delayed detonation." She also notes that the story has not received much media coverage so far. It is interesting to see the standard denials in connection with a bomb in a public place. That is almost terrorism by definition.

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