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A member of a “criminal gang” chose the wrong weekend to set a car bomb, police in Dublin, Ireland, say. After planting the device in a Volvo, the bomb blew up in his face, rather than an hour later, as he had set it. In Ireland, Daylight Saving Time begins the last weekend in March, and the Sunday morning bomber apparently “didn’t put his watch forward on Sunday and the timer went off too soon,” a police spokesman said. The bomber was seen running away with “blood dripping down his face” after the explosion, which destroyed the car. (RC/London Telegraph) ...What time is it? Time for him to attend second grade.Original Publication Date: 13 April 2014
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This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
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