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10 July 2017
FMT News @fmtoday 42 minutes ago
Cops nab man over homemade bomb in ‘ex-lover’s’ car
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PETALING JAYA: A 28-year-old man was arrested for planting a homemade bomb on a car belonging to a woman whom he claims was his ex-girlfriend, Star reported.
Police confirmed the object planted on the car of a nurse was an improvised explosive device (IED), made up of two cylinders containing fireworks explosive wrapped in black tape, and wires as well as an electronic circuit board and a switch.
According to Selangor CID chief Senior Asst Comm Fadzil Ahmat, the suspect was arrested this morning, at about 3.30am, in Taman Petaling Indah, Klang.
Though the suspect had claimed that the intended victim was his “ex-lover”, police said they are still trying to establish the motive.
“At the suspect’s home, we found several electronic devices and firecracker explosive believed to have been used to make the improvised explosive device (IED) that was planted in the victim’s car,” Fadzil was quoted as saying by the daily.
He added that the suspect was formerly an electronics student at a private college in 2006, and previously worked as a salesman at an electrical store.
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9 July 2017
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Questions awaiting answers:
Who made the bomb?
Who planted it?
Why didn’t it explode?
New Straits Times @NST_Online
Nurse discovers bomb attached to car; device destroyed by Selangor cops
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KLANG: Police early this morning destroyed a bomb that was found attached to the underside of a nurse’s Proton Saga in Kapar here.
The nurse, a woman aged 27, told police that she noticed something amiss upon hearing continuous beeping sounds while driving at about 10pm last night.
She said her uncle later checked the car and discovered an unidentified object under the vehicle’s rear bumper.
Selangor police Criminal Investigation Department (CID) chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Fadzil Ahmat said a team from the police’s Bomb Disposal Unit was despatched to the woman’s house shortly after they received information on the finding.
After conducting a thorough inspection on the object, which had been taken off of the vehicle by the woman’s uncle, the team confirmed that it was an improvised explosive device (IED).
“According to the nurse’s statement, she was driving home after finishing her shift when she heard beeping sounds. Upon arriving at her house, she and her uncle started searching for the source of the sound before finding the object.
“Bomb experts who checked the object, which was about the size of a small mineral water bottle, confirmed that it had features of an IED, including a switch and explosive,” Fadzil said, adding that the object was destroyed at about 2.30am.
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#klang Hasil pemeriksaan mendapati objek berkenaan adalah peranti letupan atau Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
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