Local and federal authorities investigating two suspected pipe bomb explosions in Weare

Monitor staff

Published: 4/27/2023 1:29:48 PM

Modified: 4/27/2023 1:27:45 PM

Police are investigating the explosion of two suspected pipe bombs that occurred along roadways in Weare on Wednesday night and Thursday morning, injuring at least one person.

Weare police and fire responded to 362 Dustin Tavern Road at 6:10 p.m. on Wednesday night after a suspected pipe bomb exploded. No injuries or damage were reported, the Weare Police Department posted on Facebook.

Early Thursday morning around 6:50 a.m., police and fire responded to 16 Sugar Hill Road after a second explosion occurred and caused minor injuries to a passerby.

The explosions are being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosions with assistance from the New Hampshire State Police and the Weare Police Department, ATF officials announced on their Twitter account. The two devices are being compared to determine whether the incidents are related.

The investigation is active and ongoing. ATF officials did not respond to requests for comment.

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Jamie Costa joined the Monitor in September 2022 as the city reporter covering all things Concord, from crime and law enforcement to City Council and county budgeting. She graduated from Roger Williams University (RWU) in 2018 with a dual degree in journalism and Spanish. While at RWU, Costa covered the 2016 presidential election and studied abroad in both Chile and the Dominican Republic where she reported on social justice and reported on local campus news for the university newspaper, The Hawks' Herald. Her work has also appeared in The *Enterprise *papers and the *Cortland Standard *and surrounding Central New York publications. Costa was born and raised on Cape Cod and has a love for all things outdoors, especially with her dog.