Woman killed by mail bomb

AN EXPLOSIVE device that appeared to have been planted in a mailbox in southern Slovakia killed one woman and severely injured another.

The explosion in the city of Nove Zamky killed a 63-year-old woman who lived in an apartment near the mailboxes, regional police spokesman Milos Fabry said.

He said a 38-year-old woman was injured in the blast, and was in stable condition at a hospital in Nove Zamky, 60 miles east of the capital, Bratislava.