BRAZIL
Huffington Post
A bomb has been found at a shrine that Pope Francis was due to visit on Wednesday and hold a mass.
The homemade explosive device was discovered in the bathroom of the shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida, in the parking lot, reports ABC.es.
The Sao Paulo military police detonated the bomb, which had a fuse and a dynamite-like covering, after members of the Brazilian Air Force found it while conducting a security inspection.
A statement released by the police said, “”It was a home-made device with little potential to cause fatalities,” with “a plastic body and wrapped with adhesive tape.”
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