Wednesday, November 01, 2006

PayPal Blast

Someone is disgruntled:
An explosive device shattered an office window at eBay's PayPal headquarters in San Jose Tuesday evening, but no one was injured, police said.

"It was definitely not an accident. There was some kind of device," San Jose Police Sgt. Nick Muyo said of the 7:20 p.m. blast. "There was no advance warning, no threats, no indication there would be an event like this. ... It completely took everybody by surprise."

... Muyo said San Jose police are working with the FBI and investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to determine what the device was made of and who set it there.

At the time of the explosion, about 45 employees were in the building and the office adjacent to it, which are both located on the 2200 block of North First Street, Muyo said. None of the employees was close to the blast, he added.

Muyo said eBay employees are currently working from home, and the company is asking them to check their e-mail or call the number on their employee ID cards for information on when they should report to work. EBay expects the offices to reopen Thursday, police said.

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