1 Million Reward Offered for Mail Bomber (who has " a grudge

[David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>]

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1 Million Reward Offered for Mail Bomber


    NEWARK, N.J. (Reuter) - Investigators probing what is
believed to be the latest attack of the serial
letter-bomber "Unabom" said the suspect was an anarchist
with a grudge against the influence of technology.
   The New York Times reported Monday federal officials
believe the person who killed advertising executive Thomas
Mosser with a mail bomb was the same person who has waged a
terror campaign via the mail since 1978.
   Moser, 50, was killed Saturday at his home in North
Caldwell, N.J., after opening a package in his kitchen. No
one else at the home was injured.
   Authorities said the letter bomb was built with similar
materials and design as pervious bombs mailed by the
suspect known to authorites as ``Unabom."
   ``The components of the bomb, its construction, make us
believe the bombs are linked," said Barry Mawn, head of the
FBI's Newark office.
   Investigators probing the attack described the suspect
as an anarchist with a mastery of explosives and a grudge
against the influence of technology in society, the Times
reported.
   Mosser and one other person have been killed during the
course of the bomber's 15-year career, and 23 others have
been injured.
   Mawn said investigators believed the suspect to be a
white man in his late 30s or 40s with a high school
education.
   Earlier victims have been associated with universities,
airlines or computers. Officials said Mosser did not fit
the profile of a ``Unabom" victim, but they were
investigating possible work Mosser did at Young & Rubicon
with computer accounts.
   Investigators also told the Times Mosser was linked to
three other victims because they had all been featured in
the Times as leaders in their fields.
   Federal officials said they hoped the bomber would
communicate with the Times or another newspaper, as he had
done in the past, about the most recent incident.
   A $1 million reward fund for information leading to the
arrest of the suspect has been established. The phone
number is 800-701-BOMB.