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August 30, 2007

FBI chasing overseas leads in Wal-Mart bomb threat

PROVIDENCE -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is working on evidence connecting the bomb threat against the Newport Wal-Mart and threats in 12 other states to suspects overseas, a spokesman said.

Wal-Mart this week wired $10,000 to an overseas account after a caller threatened to detonate a bomb.

Spokesman Jason Pack, a special agent in Washington, said today that similar threats have been phoned into businesses in 15 communities in 12 states.

In most of these cases, a caller has threatened to detonate a bomb unless money was wired to him. On Tuesday, the Newport Wal-Mart complied with the demand for $10,000.

Asked about reports that the calls originated in Portugal, the FBI spokesman would not confirm that.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with Journal archival reports

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