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Coral Murphy Marcos

Man detained after explosion at California’s Santa Maria courthouse

Police cars and people
Police at the scene in Santa Maria. Photograph: KEYT/AP

A man has been detained after setting off an explosive device at a courthouse in Santa Maria, California, injuring five people, authorities said.

The explosion came “from an intentionally set improvised explosive device”, wrote Raquel Zick, the Santa Barbara county sheriff public information officer, on Wednesday.

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