Casino bombers' threat
NZPAißfcuter . • ‘ ‘ Stateline , The attackers who bombed g casino-hotel in Stateline, Nevada, had threatened to strike again if their demand for $3 million to ransom was not met, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said yesterday, in their ransom letter, the extortionists also eaid they had a bomb that could not be defused unless their spe-
cial Step-by-step instructions were followed meticulously.
Last week a powerful bomb ripped apart the bottom levels of the 11-storey Harvey’s resort hotel as the police, with the help of a robot, tried to defuse the device.
The ransom letter said that detailed instructions would be given for defusing the bomb once the ransom money was delivered. I
“In the event of a doublecross, there will be a time when another attempt wil] be made;” the letter said. It also said that the bomb would explode automatically with the slightest movement or if the police tried to defuse it with water or gas. The F.B.L is searching for two men and a woman aged about 30, who are suspected of being involved in the extortion scheme.
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