Bomb squad defuses working explosive at Oregon coast public park

A police explosives team defused a bomb in a public bathroom on the Oregon coast after someone spotted a suspicious backpack Tuesday morning, Oregon State Police said.

Oregon State Parks staff called the police agency around 10:20 a.m. after the discovery of the backpack at the Sunset Beach State Recreation Site in Clatsop County, police said in a statement.

Officials scrambled a bomb squad with experts from Oregon State Police and the Salem Police Department, and the team defused the device without any injuries, police said.

Oregon State Police spokesperson Capt. Kyle Kennedy told The Oregonian/OregonLive that the backpack contained a working explosive device.

Read more: The Oregonian