BOMB-LIKE DEVICE FOUND
AT FEDERAL BUILDING

Photo(s) by Luke Thomas

By Brent Begin, Bay City News

January 26, 2006, 4:20 p.m.

SAN FRANCISCO (BCN) - Someone placed a device made to look like a bomb at the federal building in United Nations Plaza this morning, San Francisco police said.

Lt. Heinz Hofmann said building workers found the small, cylindrical device near an employee exit and called police around 10 a.m.

The bomb squad used what they call a disrupter to open the device, causing what sounded like a small explosion around 10:30 a.m.

The device is now on the way to a crime lab for analysis, Hofmann said.

Federal building employees were not evacuated but asked to stay away from windows during the incident.

At least four city blocks in the area were closed during the investigation. Streets were being re-opened by 11 a.m.

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