Oahu pipe bombs The bomb blast that rocked the Church of Christ at Kailua Monday night was the third explosion on Oahu in the past two weeks and Honolulu police said they believe the same person is responsible for all of them.
may be linked
Police say one person is
By Nelson Daranciang
responsible for a series of
bombings; the latest hit a church
Star-Bulletin"All three were set off in random places in remote areas not likely to cause (serious) damage or injury," Detective Michael Hall said.
There were no injuries in any of the bombings, which have all happened on Mondays.
The first one happened sometime in the evening on March 12 at the Koolau Golf Course, 45-550 Kionaole Road, in Windward Oahu. The golf course's mailbox was destroyed.
The second bombing happened at 3:15 p.m. on March 19 at Harbor Village, 901 River St., in Chinatown.
There was only minor damage in the parking garage stairwell.
The latest explosion happened outside a classroom at the church at 400 Maluniu Ave. It destroyed a wooden bench, shattered two glass louvers and dented the building's roof gutter.
"Scared the hell out of us, that's all," said Leonilda Faxon, who lives near the church.
"I was crocheting; everything went flying," said Pat Awana, another neighbor.
After the Harbor Village bombing, Hall told the Star-Bulletin he was concerned the construction of the bomb showed an unusual level of sophistication.
He said explosives used in each of the bombings were commercially manufactured grenade simulators, which look like large cardboard firecrackers, with tape wrapped around the outside.
Grenade simulators are made for military use and not available to the general public.
The first person on the scene of the latest explosion was minister Eddy Sansing, who was on his way to the church to lock the gate to the courtyard when the bomb went off at 9:07 p.m.
"It was pretty big," Sansing said. "I was very surprised by it, much louder than what you would normally hear."