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Flashlight bombs puzzle Phoenix authorities

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Salvation Army distribtion facility production manager Jon Bierd shows banned flashlights Friday on the receiving docks of the Salvation Army distribution facility.

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Flick the switch on these flashlights and they don't light up. They blow up. Three of these bombs have exploded within the last month in the Phoenix area, causing minor injuries to five people and raising fears of more serious ones.