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The '''1984 Midwest pipe bombing''' was a plot involving a series of pipe-bombs planted in Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin, by Earl Steven Karr.

==Incident==

In May and June 1984, an American, Earl Steven Karr, planted over 20 pipe-bombs about Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1984-05-26 |title=Six pipe bombs found in 'oddball' case |language=en-US |work=[[United Press International]] |agency= |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/26/Six-pipe-bombs-found-in-oddball-case/5963454392000/ |access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref> He was arrested in Mason City, Iowa after a pipe-bomb he was transporting detonated in the trunk of his car. Karr suffered second degree burns in the explosion.<ref name=":0" /> Only one person is known to have been injured by his explosives. Notes left near the bombs took credit in the name of the "North Central Gay Strike Force Against Public and Police Oppression".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1984-06-10 |title=Suspect In Bombing Case Reported Hurt In Blast |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/06/10/us/suspect-in-bombing-case-reported-hurt-in-blast.html |access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Worthington |first=Rogers |date=1985-05-10 |title=KARR ENTERS PIPE-BOMB GUILTY PLEA |language=en-US |work=[[Chicago Tribune]] |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-05-10/news/8501290196_1_pipe-bombs-insanity-plea-planting |access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1984-05-27 |title=Bombs found in Wisconsin, Minnesota |language=en-US |work=[[United Press International]] |agency= |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1984/05/27/Bombs-found-in-Wisconsin-Minnesota/9150454478400/ |access-date=2018-03-18}}</ref>

Karr had mental problems but was stated to be aware of what he was doing. Karr stated he was a "former homosexual".<ref name=":1" /> He pleaded guilty. A motive could not be determined other than a dislike of the towns the bombs were placed in.<ref name=":1" />

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