Explosion near Chabad of Santa Monica may have been a bomb [UPDATE]

[UPDATE: FRIDAY, APRIL 8 — 4:30 p.m.] ” title=”Patch” target=”_blank”>Santa Monica Patch.com reports.

The explosion occurred at the Chabad House Lubavitch of Santa Monica, not the Santa Monica Synagogue, as previously reported. The Chabad House is located at 1428 17th St.; the Santa Monica Synagogue is at 1448 18th St.

Rabbi Isaac Levitansky told Santa Monica Patch on Thursday morning that he wasn’t sure if the bomb was intended for the synagogue, or what the motivation for planting it may have been if it was.

“We didn’t hear anything” when the bomb exploded, he said. “We were in the middle of morning prayers. Thank God everyone was OK.”

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