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Whitehorse man arrested in B.C. mail bomb explosion that injured 2

A 73 year old resident of Whitehorse, Yukon, was arrested on September 13th and remains in custody.
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THOMAS KERVIN PHOTO RCMP were on the scene in blast suits investigating the victim91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s residence in Port Alice on Wednesday, Sept. 12.

Police say one man has been arrested by Whitehorse RCMP in connection to a targeted mail bomb incident in Port Alice earlier this week.

Mounties said in an update Friday that a 73-year-old man had been arrested in the area Thursday night and remains in custody.

Roger Nepper, a long-time Port Alice local in his 60s and retired from the town91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s pulp mill Neucel Specialty Cellulose, was rushed to a hospital Sept. 11 in Nanaimo after sustaining serious, but non-life threatening injuries from an exploding mail package. Nepper91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s wife, Shirley Bowick, received minor burns from the incident.

This file remains under investigation.



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