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Police on Manhunt Find Pipe Bombs in Woods

State police searching for a man accused of killing a trooper said Tuesday they found two pipe bombs in the Pennsylvania woods during their manhunt that were capable of causing significant damage.

October 1, 2014

State police searching for a man accused of killing a trooper said Tuesday they found two pipe bombs in the Pennsylvania woods during their manhunt that were capable of causing significant damage, reports the Associated Press .

The bombs were not deployed, but they were fully functional and had both trip wires and fuses, Lt. Col. George Bivens said at a news conference.

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The weapons were among several items that suspect Eric Frein "clearly hastily discarded" at a Pocono Mountains campsite, said Bivens, who then called on the fugitive to surrender.

Frein, 31, has been on the run since Sept. 12, charged with killing one state troope r and wounding a second outside their barracks in Blooming Grove.