Police find pipe bomb stuffed inside chicken

Device was large enough to harm a person if it went off, Conn. cops say

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updated 9:05 a.m. ET June 10, 2008

SIMSBURY, Conn. - Authorities in Connecticut are wondering who stuffed a raw roasting chicken with a pipe bomb and left it on a roadside.

Simsbury police Capt. Matthew Catania says a motorist noticed the chicken Monday morning. He says the bomb was large enough to harm a person if it went off.

The road was closed while the Hartford Police Department's bomb squad came and blew up the chicken.

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Nobody was injured. No arrests had been made Monday night.