Man held over UK letter bomb

British police said today they had arrested a 48-year-old man who claimed to have sent one of a series of letter bombs to hit…

British police said today they had arrested a 48-year-old man who claimed to have sent one of a series of letter bombs to hit the country in recent weeks.

A police spokesman said the man had been detained yesterday under the Mental Health Act after he called a radio station to claim responsibility for a letter bomb in Wokingham, southern England, last week.

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