Ikea's New Line of Exploding Alarm Clocks

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Ikea's New Line of Exploding Alarm Clocks

Postby elfismiles » Wed Jun 08, 2011 10:49 pm

I heard about this a week ago but haven't heard any significant follow-ups...

Ikea explosives had same source
DutchNews.nl - ‎Jun 2, 2011‎
The three small explosives which went off in Ikea furniture stores in Eindhoven, Belgium and northern France on Monday were all made the same way, a police spokesman told the Telegraaf on Wednesday. The mini bombs contained a 'light explosive' which ...


Ikea explosives had same source
Thursday 02 June 2011

The three small explosives which went off in Ikea furniture stores in Eindhoven, Belgium and northern France on Monday were all made the same way, a police spokesman told the Telegraaf on Wednesday.

The mini bombs contained a 'light explosive' which could cause serious injury, not a firework as stated by an Ikea spokesman, the paper said.

However, the police have refused to make public any more details of their investigation into the explosions.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2 ... _sourc.php



Alarm clocks explode at European IKEA shops
DigitalJournal.com - Lynn Curwin - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎
Alarm clocks blew up at IKEA locations in France Belgium and the Netherlands late on Monday, with two workers suffering minor injuries. Explosives concealed in alarm clocks were set off simultaneously at shops in Ghent, ...

Explosion : explosive alarm clocks in Ikea stores
News-Insurances (press release) (blog) - Tom Scott - ‎Jun 1, 2011‎
Small explosions occurred in Ikea stores in Belgium, France, and Netherlands. The explosives were concealed in alarm clocks. The explosions in stores in the Belgian city of Ghent, Lille in northern France and Eindhoven in The Netherlands caused no ...


Ikea stores in France, Belgium and Holland attacked with fireworks
Daily Mail - ‎May 31, 2011‎
By Daily Mail Reporter No serious injuries were reported and the stores were scheduled to re-open earlier today. One of the explosions took place in Son en Breugel, near Eindhoven, Holland, and destroyed a rubbish bin shortly before the store was due ...

Mystery explosives rattle Ikea stores in Europe
AFP - ‎May 31, 2011‎
BRUSSELS — Police scrambled for clues Tuesday after booby-trapped packages exploded at three Ikea stores in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, with no one claiming responsibility for the acts. The light explosives detonated at the Swedish furniture ...

France, Belgium, Dutch investigate IKEA blasts
Reuters - Ben Deighton, Jonathan Lynn - ‎May 31, 2011‎
BRUSSELS, May 31 (Reuters) - French, Belgian and Dutch police have launched investigations after minor explosions struck IKEA [IKEA.UL] stores in each country late on Monday in what appears to have been a coordinated attack. No one was seriously hurt ...

Fireworks hit 3 European Ikea stores, no injuries
Boston Globe - ‎May 31, 2011‎
AMSTERDAM—Three European IKEA stores -- one each in the Netherlands, France and Belgium -- were hit overnight by firework attacks, the company, police and local media said Tuesday. No serious injuries were reported and most stores are reopening as ...

Ikea stores in Netherlands, France and Belgium targeted with firework ...
The Canadian Press - ‎May 31, 2011‎
AMSTERDAM — Three IKEA stores in the Netherlands, France and Belgium have been hit by firework attacks. No injuries have been reported and the stores are reopening as scheduled on Tuesday. Police in Son en Breugel, near Eindhoven, Netherlands, ...

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Re: Ikea's New Line of Exploding Alarm Clocks

Postby Canadian_watcher » Wed Jun 08, 2011 11:08 pm

At first I thought this was a legitimate product.
Too bad it's not - there have been many days when I needed a small explosion to get me out of my bed.
I'm still waiting for the tip-over bed. BAM! 6:30 and out you get, like it or not.
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