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Article: Police Probe Mexican Consulate Explosion
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- October 26, 2007
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NEW YORK - Though more than two years apart, the pair of attacks were strikingly similar: Each involved two small explosive devices fashioned from novelty grenades, a Manhattan consulate targeted in the wee hours, and a mystery cyclist as the possible culprit.
The latest attack came early Friday when someone threw the grenades over the fence of the Mexican Consulate, shattering three windows, police said.
Like a near-identical attack that blew out a front window at the British Consulate in 2005, there were no injuries. There also was no obvious motive, though investigators were looking at evidence that suggested the two attacks were connected.
"It looks like two very similar ...