Mississippi Flag Supporter Arrested For Detonating Bomb At Walmart Store
By Vishakha Sonawane on November 03 2015 1:06 AM EST
A Mississippi man allegedly threw a bomb at a Wal-Mart store because it discontinued sales of the state flag, which has the Confederate battle emblem, a police official said Monday. Marshall E. Leonard, a strong supporter of the controversial flag, was charged with detonating an explosive and imprisoned.
The incident occurred at a local Wal-Mart store early Sunday when the 61-year-old resident of Tupelo, a city in northeastern Mississippi, threw the homemade explosive device at the store, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, a local newspaper reported. No injuries were reported in the incident and the remains of the bomb were sent for examination, according to the Daily Journal.
“A white male got out, lit the package and threw it in the vestibule,” Tupelo Police Chief Bart Aguirre told the newspaper. “There was an employee on break, and the suspect told him, ‘You better run.’ The employee did run and was away from harm when the package went off. It wasn’t a large explosion. It didn’t cause a lot of damage to the store,” Aguirre added ...
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