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Police and fire crews were at the scene of a building in Winnipeg after an explosion at a law firm sent a woman to hospital with serious injuries. The woman, who’s been identified as 35-year-old Maria Mitousis, inadvertently triggered a bomb and sources say she lost one hand in the blast and is danger of losing the other one.
Police were called to the Petersen King Law Office in South-Central Winnipeg at about 10 o’clock Friday morning. Mitousis, who is a lawyer at the firm, was the only person in the building at the time of the blast. Investigators say they don’t know if she was the specific target of the bomb. They’re now trying to determine how the device ended up at the family law firm.
Sources say Mitousis was in a common-law relationship with Barry Gorlick, a Winnipeg lawyer who was recently disbarred after he admitted to 15 counts of professional misconduct. Another downtown firm where both Mitousis and Gorlick previously worked was also evacuated and swept by police as a precaution.
Authorities say they don’t have any reason to believe Friday’s incident represents any danger to the broader public.
