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marmar

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Tue Apr 30, 2013, 12:19 PM Apr 2013

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age ..............




SEATTLE -- Police say the suspicious device that temporarily closed the downtown transit tunnel Sunday night was actually a homemade -- and harmless -- "lightsaber."

Police showed up at the tunnel in droves just before 10 p.m. after getting word about a suspicious-looking device in the area.

The tunnel was closed and buses and trains were delayed while a Seattle Police Department arson and bomb squad checked out the device.

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They now say the device was likely a crudely-designed lightsaber, which is a weapon from the fictional universe of the "Star Wars" movies. ..................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Police-Homemade-lightsaber-closed-transit-tunnel-205322441.html



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