Blast Strikes UK Consulate in New York

World | May 5, 2005, Thursday // 00:00

Two homemade grenades exploded outside the British Consulate here in the pre-dawn hours on Thursday just as polls were opening in a general election in Britain. Windows were shattered, but no injuries were reported and no motive was known. The incident, which briefly upset British financial markets, occurred as British voters were deciding whether to return Prime Minister Tony Blair for a third term in office. In the short campaign Blair battled public anger against his support of the war in Iraq.

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