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I belonged to the Armour Chapter of Triangle Fraternity at IIT in Chicago. A friend sent me this yesterday...
BOMB BLAST OUTSIDE OF SOONER FOOTBALL GAME
VIDEO HEREOne person said he felt his house shake a mile from the blast.Police cordoned off an area around the George Lynn Cross Hall, Botony, Microbiology building on the OU campus.
During the football game yesterday an apparent suicide bomber blew himself up near the stadium.
Police are investigating an explosion at the University of Oklahoma late Saturday afternoon that killed one person. Authorities suspect it may have been a suicide. Campus police say the body was found outside the university's botany-microbiology building on the west side of the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. A game was under way at the time. The university's president says the blast could be heard by some in the crowd of 84-thousand, but that no one inside the stadium was ever in danger.
Saturday night, Oct. 1, 2005.
There were no other reports of injuries.
Students who saw the explosion aftermath said it smoked like a grill!
FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said an FBI bomb technician was providing assistance to local police. Emergency vehicles, including fire trucks, surrounded the area.OU police Sgt. Gary Robinson said the body had not been removed as of late Saturday night as a bomb team continued to check the area for possible explosives before detectives could move in for their investigation.Jaclyn Hull, an OU freshman, said she was leaving the game shortly before the explosion."We saw a little bit of smoke, about as much as you would see coming up from a grill," she said.
The bomber has been identified:
A University of Oklahoma student was identified Sunday as the person who was killed in an explosion near a packed football stadium, authorities said Sunday.
The body is believed to be that of Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, according to a news release from Salvador Hernandez, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oklahoma. A student telephone book lists Hinrichs with a permanent address in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Joel Hinrichs was a Triangle fraternity member and a junior in the engineering department. Michelle Malkin is linking to information HERE including a picture of Hinrichs.Triangle Fraternity has a statement out on their website.Update 4: (Monday 12:15 CST) Powerline is reporting that one source is saying that they found Islamic literature in his apartment. i do not know the accuracy of this claim.Update 5: (Moday 6:00 PM CST)
BOMB BLAST OUTSIDE OF SOONER FOOTBALL GAME
VIDEO HEREOne person said he felt his house shake a mile from the blast.Police cordoned off an area around the George Lynn Cross Hall, Botony, Microbiology building on the OU campus.
During the football game yesterday an apparent suicide bomber blew himself up near the stadium.
Police are investigating an explosion at the University of Oklahoma late Saturday afternoon that killed one person. Authorities suspect it may have been a suicide. Campus police say the body was found outside the university's botany-microbiology building on the west side of the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. A game was under way at the time. The university's president says the blast could be heard by some in the crowd of 84-thousand, but that no one inside the stadium was ever in danger.
Saturday night, Oct. 1, 2005.
There were no other reports of injuries.
Students who saw the explosion aftermath said it smoked like a grill!
FBI spokesman Gary Johnson said an FBI bomb technician was providing assistance to local police. Emergency vehicles, including fire trucks, surrounded the area.OU police Sgt. Gary Robinson said the body had not been removed as of late Saturday night as a bomb team continued to check the area for possible explosives before detectives could move in for their investigation.Jaclyn Hull, an OU freshman, said she was leaving the game shortly before the explosion."We saw a little bit of smoke, about as much as you would see coming up from a grill," she said.
The bomber has been identified:
A University of Oklahoma student was identified Sunday as the person who was killed in an explosion near a packed football stadium, authorities said Sunday.
The body is believed to be that of Joel Henry Hinrichs III, 21, according to a news release from Salvador Hernandez, special agent in charge of the FBI in Oklahoma. A student telephone book lists Hinrichs with a permanent address in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Joel Hinrichs was a Triangle fraternity member and a junior in the engineering department. Michelle Malkin is linking to information HERE including a picture of Hinrichs.Triangle Fraternity has a statement out on their website.Update 4: (Monday 12:15 CST) Powerline is reporting that one source is saying that they found Islamic literature in his apartment. i do not know the accuracy of this claim.Update 5: (Moday 6:00 PM CST)
posted by John Bernat @ 8:18 PM
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