British police say 2 hurt by suspected letter bomb

LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) Two people were hurt today when a suspected letter bomb exploded at a business centre in Berkshire, southern England, police said.

''Emergency services are dealing with a small explosion at a company in Oaklands Business Centre, Wokingham,'' they added in a statement.

Police were called just after 1430hrs IST and evacuated the building and placed a cordon around the scene, the statement said. ''It is likely an item of mail ignited and caused the injuries.'' Police said it was too soon to say whether today's incident was connected to a letter bomb which exploded at a business in London yesterday.

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