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A member of staff at the DVLA in Swansea has been taken to hospital after a parcel bomb exploded. | A member of staff at the DVLA in Swansea has been taken to hospital after a parcel bomb exploded. |
Police said this was the third such incident in as many days and could confirm fears that a motorist may be mounting a campaign. | |
Two men suffered blast wounds on Tuesday in the explosion at the offices of Vantis in Wokingham. | |
On Monday, a worker was hurt by a device at the offices of Capita, which runs London's congestion charge system. | |
The incident in Swansea happened in the postroom at 0920 GMT. | |
A spokesman for the DVLA - which maintains UK-wide registers of drivers and vehicles - said emergency services were dealing with the incident which happened at around 0930 GMT. | |
He said: "A female member of staff was injured and the lady is on her way to hospital as a result of the incident." | He said: "A female member of staff was injured and the lady is on her way to hospital as a result of the incident." |
About 4,000 people work in the DVLA offices in Swansea, but the building has not been evacuated. | |
The incident in Swansea follows an explosion on Tuesday at the offices of an accountancy firm linked to Speed Check Services, the provider of digital speed cameras to the police. | |
That followed a letter bomb attack the day before at the central London offices of Capita, during which a femal worker received minor injuries. |