Two Charged With Attempting To Bomb Shreveport, La., Abortion Clinic, USA

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Article Date: 05 Jan 2006 - 0:00 PDT

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Law enforcement officials in Shreveport, La., on Saturday charged a 24-year-old woman and her 18-year-old boyfriend with attempting to bomb the Hope Medical Group for Women, which provides abortion services, the Shreveport Times reports. The bomb was thrown at the clinic on Dec. 12, 2005, but it apparently did not hit the building, which was not damaged. Both Patricia Hughes and Jeremy Dunahoe allegedly confessed to planning the bombing during questioning by investigators from the FBI, the Shreveport Fire Department and the Shreveport Police Department. Hughes has been charged with the manufacturing and possession of a delayed incendiary device, and Dunahoe was charged as an accessory. Additional federal charges are pending, according to the Times. Hughes and Dunahoe did not give a "specific response" when asked why they attempted the bombing, according to Fire Department spokesperson Brian Crawford. The attempted bombing did not disrupt services at the clinic (McCabe, Shreveport Times, 1/1).

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