Parcel Bombs Sent To U.K. Military Recruiting Centers

Parcel Bombs Sent To Army Recruitment Offices ‘Part Of Dissident Campaign’ -- Belfast Telegraph

Military units are on heightened alert after suspected explosive devices were found at armed forces recruitment offices across south-east England on Thursday.

It is thought the series of bomb alerts is an attempt by republican dissidents to mount a letter bombing campaign, something not seen on the British mainland since the early 1990s, security experts warned.

Army bomb disposal teams were called out to Oxford, Slough, Kent and Brighton.

This came after a suspicious package was sent to an army office in Aldershot on Wednesday, and “basic but viable explosive devices” were found in Chatham and Reading on Tuesday, according to police officers from the South East Counter Terrorism Unit (Sectu).

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