Pipe Bomb Found By Frankford Ave.



by Alex Lloyd Gross

Feb 19,2023

There are a lot of unanswered questions about a pipe bomb that was found by Frankford Avenue,  near Blakinston Street.   Police confirmed that a passerby did find the device and called it in. It was a length of PVC pipe 18 inches long , capped at both ends. It was behind a church.

 

 

 

There was an unknown powder, substance inside of it. Frankford Avenue was closed around the 8600 block while the bomb squad took it away.  Police did not say how it got there, who put it there or any further details.  No arrests have been made.