
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 7, 1991                   TAG: 9102070572
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: EVENING 
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BOMB FOUND UNDER CAR IN HENRY COUNTY

State police Wednesday afternoon detonated a bomb that had been planted under a car in Henry County.

Authorities said the bomb, in a metal box, was discovered about 10:30 a.m. near the residence of Robert Purdy, just off Virginia 687 about two miles west of Martinsville.

Someone spotted the container and carried it to a grassy area farther from the house, police said. The bomb was discovered after Vicki Foley, an acquaintance of Purdy's, moved her car.

Cecil Handy, special agent in charge of investigations for the state police in Salem, said police had not established a motive, but he said several leads had been developed.

"It does not appear to be connected with any terrorist activity," he said.

by CNB