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Bomb defused outside Potter book launch site

J.K. Rowling sits with children before reading the first chapter of her book at the Natural History Museum in London.

J.K. Rowling sits with children before reading the first chapter of her book at the Natural History Museum in London.
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July 21, 2007 - 4:33PM

Pakistan police said today they had defused a bomb the previous night outside a packed shopping centre where the latest Harry Potter book was scheduled to be launched.

"Police have foiled an attempt to blow up a car bomb by remote control outside the Pak Towers and defused 10 kilograms of explosives in a stolen car," said Karachi police investigation chief Manzoor Mughal.

"Had it exploded it would have caused a huge loss of lives," Mughal said.

The launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which was due to be held early today, had been postponed until later in the day at a book shop in the Karachi shopping centre.

"There were several hundred people inside Pak Towers (shopping centre) at the time we received the call from an unknown person that a bomb was about to explode," Mughal said.

AFP

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