
Explosive device damaged B.C. MLA’s office, may be linked to earlier blast: RCMP
NORTH VANCOUVER — An explosive device damaged and blasted open the front door of British Columbia Infrastructure Minister Bowinn Ma’s office on Friday morning, police said, and they are investigating whether the “jarring incident” was linked to an earlier blast nearby.
While politicians decried the explosion at Ma’s constituency office in North Vancouver — with interim federal NDP leader Don Davies calling it a “blatant act of terror”— neither Ma nor Cpl. Mansoor Sahak with North Vancouver RCMP gave any indication of the possible motive.
“I don’t know if it’s politically motivated. We’re not calling it that, but we’re investigating all possible avenues at this point,” Sahak told a news briefing.
Sahak said the 4:15 a.m. blast “breached the door and damaged the door frame.”