NATION : Bomb Injures Pastor’s Daughter
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HOUSTON — A pipe bomb mailed to a church exploded this morning, injuring the pastor’s daughter, the church said.
People near the Lakewood Church told police they heard a loud pop and then a person screaming.
Lisa Osteen, the 30-year-old daughter of the Rev. John Osteen, pastor of the 10,000-member Baptist church, was taken to Ben Taub Hospital, where she was in stable condition suffering from burns, authorities said.
KHOU-TV reported that the bomb contained 6- to 8-inch nails and that it blew up in Lisa Osteen’s lap.
Investigators with the FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were en route to the church to investigate, the TV station said.
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