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Marion County Sheriff Russ Isham, left, discusses Friday’s bank bombing in Woodburn, Ore. Two police officers were killed in the incident.

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WOODBURN, Ore. — A bomb explosion at a bank killed both a police officer and a state bomb disposal technician, and state police do not have any suspects, officials said Saturday.
“That person is dangerous and needs to be found as soon as possible,” said Oregon State Police Lt. Gregg Hastings.
The explosion occurred Friday afternoon at a West Coast Bank branch office in the agricultural town of Woodburn, which is nearly 30 miles south of Portland.
Police went to check on a telephoned bomb threat received by a Wells Fargo branch bank in the center of town and found a suspicious device, but that device was determined to be harmless. But police said the investigation there led them to the nearby West Coast office where the bomb was found.
Police wouldn’t discuss a possible motive for the bombing. Hastings said he didn’t know of any grudges against the West Coast Bank, a statement echoed by West Coast Bank President and CEO Robert Sznewajs.
“We’re not aware of anything,” Sznewajs said.
Woodburn police Capt. Tom Tennant and state Senior Trooper William Hakim, both 51, died at the scene. Tennant was a 28-year veteran of the Woodburn police department, and Hakim, a bomb technician, had been with the force for 11 years.
Woodburn police Chief Scott Russell, 46, was injured and in stable but critical condition at a Portland hospital.