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Explosion rocks main police station in Harare

Sat Aug 2, 2008 3:20pm EDT
HARARE, Aug 2 (Reuters) - An explosion rocked the main police station in Zimbabwe's capital Harare on Saturday, but there was no immediate word of any injuries.

"They (the bomb squad) are investigating. The office where the explosion occurred was not manned and so far there is no indication that anyone was injured," a police official at the scene, who declined to be named, told Reuters.

He could not say what had caused the explosion. Police sealed off the area.



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