Pipe bomb found on Federal Way school playground

Published 5:37 am Tuesday, April 27, 2010

FEDERAL WAY — A King County sheriff’s spokesman says a Federal Way elementary school was locked down for several hours Monday after a student reported a suspicious item on the playground.

Sgt. John Urquhart said the item was a six-inch pipe bomb that a bomb squad safely detonated.

The lockdown at Rainier View Elementary was lifted shortly before 1 p.m.