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Tense moment: Metro police officers search a suitcase outside a downtown apartment building last night after explosives were found in a fifth-floor apartment
Tense moment: Metro police officers search a suitcase outside a downtown apartment building last night after explosives were found in a fifth-floor apartment

Tense moment: Metro police officers search a suitcase outside a downtown apartment building last night after explosives were found in a fifth-floor apartment

Date7/29/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Tense moment: Metro police officers search a suitcase outside a downtown apartment building last night after explosives were found in a fifth-floor apartment.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0119718F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
Province or state:Ontario
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