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Police: Device explodes in trash can along charity race route in New Jersey

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Sept 17, 2016

What was believed to be a pipe bomb exploded in a garbage can along a charity race route on the Jersey Shore Saturday morning, police said.

The device exploded around 9:30 a.m. No one was injured, according to WNBC.

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Police have evacuated the area as they search for other devices, according to WCAU.

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