# Nail bomb explodes at charity shop

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/02/01/nail-bomb-explodes-charity-shop/
- Published: 2001-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

A British Heart Foundation shop has received a nail bomb.
A parcel bomb containing
nails exploded yesterday morning at the British Heart Foundation shop in Penrith,
Cumbria. The volunteer who opened it was said to be shocked but uninjured.

Read Animal rights activists target charity shops by Mary O’Hara at SocietyGuardian.

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