Vancouver Island man's fingertips 'blown off' by mail bomb

A Port Alice man suffered serious injuries after a mail bomb exploded in his hands on Tuesday.
The victim, identified as Roger Nepper, was taken to hospital.
Nepper’s wife, Shirley Bowick, told CHEK News that the package exploded when her husband opened it in their home.
“He picked up the package and he comes home, I’m right beside him and he opened it up and it’s a bomb,” she told CHEK. “His fingertips were basically blown off.”
The couple’s home