Houston Oil man's house pipe bombed?

Package bomb goes off at Houston oil executive’s home

Pipe bomb disguised as chocolates sends woman to hospital

chocolates2 Package bomb goes off at Houston oil executives homeA seemingly anonymous gift left on the front porch of a Houston home owned by an oil company executive has the city's affluent population of oil profiteers on edge this weekend, after that package exploded and seriously injured a 62-year-old woman.

Neighbors of the victim told an ABC News affiliate in Houston that the bomb was disguised as a box of chocolates in a gift bag, left on the home's doorstep around Thursday.

Instead, it contained what authorities described as a pipe bomb carrying a load of thumb tacks and nails. When she opened the package on Friday evening, standing on her back porch around 6:30, it resulted in shrapnel embedded across the woman's face -- injuries police said were not life-threatening.

"It wasn't immediately clear whether the house was targeted, however, Eyewitness News found out the home is owned by an oil company executive," the ABC affiliate further noted.

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Last Edited by TheWatcher on 07/12/2010 01:17 PM