World News Briefs -- December 25, 2020

 


 * The blast happened on 2nd Avenue between Church St and Commerce St at around 6.40am on Friday   
* Three people were taken to the hospital with non-serious injuries and there is significant damage 
 * A cop who was nearby was knocked over by it and has lost his hearing 
 * Police had been called to a suspicious vehicle in the street in the morning and had called a bomb squad 
 * While the bomb squad was on their way to the vehicle, the explosion happened 
 * It was felt for blocks, with people reporting feeling the ground shake and windows shattering 
 * The FBI and the ATF are on the scene to assist with the investigation; the type of explosive is not yet known 
 * They have not mentioned domestic terrorism but President Trump - who is at Mar-a-Lago- has been briefed 
 * Police have not yet identified a suspect and they are combing the area for any other explosives 
 * The area is full of bars and restaurants which are all open for indoor dining and would have attracted hundreds of people in the evening 
 * Mayor John Cooper says he thinks casualties were minimized because it happened on Christmas Day and early 

Heroic Nashville cops rushed to evacuate people from buildings on Friday morning after being called to the downtown area on a report of shots fired to find an RV playing an audio message that it would explode in 15 minutes. 

The explosion happened at 6.40am local time and came from a parked vehicle on Second Avenue, outside the AT&T building, between Church Street and Commerce Street - an area where there are bars, restaurants, retailers and apartments. 

Forty minutes earlier, police received a call of shots fired. They got to the scene but saw no evidence of a shooting. 

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