First, in Minneapolis:
Multiple Victims Hospitalized After Powerful Explosion Rips Through Minnesota Building
More than a dozen people are hospitalized following a massive building explosion in Minnesota on Wednesday morning.
The blast was reported at about 8:15 a.m. local time at 514 Cedar Avenue South in Minneapolis. According to KARE 11, the explosion and ensuing fire is causing extensive damage to the three-story building.
Robert Ball, of Hennepin County EMS, told KARE that victims were injured by burns and, in some cases, trauma sustained while falling or jumping from windows.
Go ahead and read the whole article. What is left out, for “reasons”, is that the apartment is in a section of town known as “Little Mogadishu” and is next door to a mosque.
Meanwhile, in Prague, CZ:
Palestinian Ambassador To The Czech Republic Dies After Apartment Explosion
Police say an explosion in Prague has killed the Palestinian ambassador in the Czech Republic.
Ambassador Jamel al-Jamal was in his apartment with his family at the time of the explosion on Wednesday, according to Palestinian Embassy spokesman Nabil El-Fahel. Al-Jamal was seriously injured and rushed to a hospital, where he died, according to police spokeswoman Andrea Zoulova.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the blast occurred when the 56-year-old diplomat was moving an old office safe box. It was not immediately clear how the explosives got there, and the ministry said the blast was being investigated.
Who has diplomatic immunity in case the explosives he had stashed were ever found? The dead guy. Tis a pity that the other Eurozone countries recognize the “palestinian state”. If I were them I’d be checking out the safes of pali ambassadors in my country.
“What is left out, for ‘reasons’, is that the apartment is in a section of town known as ‘Little Mogadishu’ and is next door to a mosque.”
Well you KNOW if they gave out that information, all the cousin-humping rednecks would leap to the wrong conclusions!
Yeah, it’s amazing how they can’t find one single local to comment on it, and had to get a quote from the mayor instead.
You know if it were a tornado in Oklahoma, they’d have at least four locals describing that the twister sounded like, and cameras lingering on rednecks in their nightrobe standing in the middle of what used to be their house.
Ten bucks says that the cause of the fire will not be reported nationally, if at all.
“They’ve” already decided that the fire was caused by a natural gas leak*… yeah, sure, fiiiiine. Nothing to see here; these are NOT the droids you are looking for; etc.
* in a building that had been – according to the story – renovated a couple of years back.