BOMB SCARE EMPTIES SCHOOL; SHERIFF'S UNIT BLOWS BRIEFCASE OPEN BUT FINDS BARBELLS, NOT EXPLOSIVES.Byline: Bhavna Mistry Daily News Staff Writer An elementary school elementary school: see school. , a day-care center day-care center: see day nursery. , a park preschool, a church and five homes were evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. Wednesday based on fears that a mysterious briefcase contained a bomb. But when arson/explosives experts set off a small explosive charge Noun 1. explosive charge - a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" burster, bursting charge, charge next to the black briefcase, reportedly left by a man who had been seen acting oddly on the El Dorado El Dorado, legendary country of South America El Dorado (ĕl`dərä`dō, –rā`–) [Span.,=the gilded man], legendary country of the Golden Man sought by adventurers in South America. School grounds, it burst open to reveal nothing more dangerous than a set of barbells, minus the weights. ``We have no idea why a person brought these items here,'' said sheriff's Deputy Dwayne Bednar. ``We are investigating a possible motive.'' Before the detonation, some 700 El Dorado pupils were moved from their classrooms to a grassy grass·y adj. grass·i·er, grass·i·est 1. Covered with or abounding in grass. 2. Resembling or suggestive of grass, as in color or odor. Adj. 1. field on the campus, then to adjoining El Dorado Park, where they spent the time singing songs, doing homework and listening to stories. Sheriff's officials said a teacher at the school, near Foxton Street and Avenue J, reported seeing a man carrying two briefcases and acting suspiciously on the school grounds at 7:40 a.m. The teacher said the man stopped in front of a row of electrical boxes on the west end of the campus and tried to hide, then transferred metal objects from one briefcase to another, deputies said. ``At any distance, the objects would appear to be pipe bombs or other explosives,'' Bednar said. School officials went to investigate, but found only one briefcase and no sign of the man. Officials initially brought the briefcase into the office, then took it outside and left it next to a tree. That's where it was when sheriff's arson/explosives experts set off the charge. School officials notified the Sheriff's Department an hour after the briefcase had first been reported. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in AV Edition only) A member of the sheriff's bomb squad walks toward a suspicious briefcase that was blown up Wednesday at El Dorado School. (2--Color in AV Edition only) (Ran in AV Edition only) Some of El Dorado's 700 youngsters return to their classes after the bomb scare bomb scare n → amenaza de bomba bomb scare bomb n → alerte f à la bombe bomb scare n → Bombenalarm , for which they were evacuated to a nearby park. (3--Color in AV Edition only) The suspicious briefcase sits next to a tree on the school grounds before being exploded. Jeff Goldwater/Daily News |
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