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Nashville hit by ‘intentional’ explosion on Christmas morning, blast heard nine blocks away
A parked caravan has exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning in what police described as an “intentional act”.
Key points:
- Police first saw the suspicious vehicle at around 6:00am, local time
- The explosion occurred when a bomb squad was called to investigate
- The blast destroyed several other vehicles and damaged several buildings
Fire officials reported taking three people to hospital, but none were critically injured.
Police initially responded to an emergency call of “shots fired” in the downtown tourist area at about 6:00am (11:00pm AEDT), when they reported seeing the vehicle, said Nashville police spokesman Don Aaron, without specifying what made it suspicious.
“Circumstances about the vehicle caused the officers to call the…
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