ST. TAMMANY, La. (WGNO) — A child is in the hospital after a pipe bomb detonated near the Slidell area.
According to the St. Tammany Parish Sherriff’s office, deputies responded to a call in the 500 block of Winbourne Drive in the Turtle Creek area near Slidell.
At the scene, they learned that a homemade pipe bomb detonated, causing injuries to a juvenile’s hand. Deputies applied a tourniquet to the child and he was brought to a nearby hospital.
There are no updates on his condition at this time, but Deputies say they do not believe that any persons or structures are in danger at this time.
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