Florida Man Made 'Highly Volatile' Explosive That's Popular With ISIS, Police Say
Source: NPR
Acting on a tip about explosives at a house in Lake Helen, Fla., police discovered jars of highly volatile triacetone triperoxide, or TATP the same material used in terrorist bombing attacks mounted by ISIS and al-Qaida. Jared E. Coburn, 37, was arrested after officers were told he had a bomb under his bed.
"The white crystal powder [TATP] has been referred to as 'Mother of Satan' by terrorist organizations who have used it in deadly attacks around the world," the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
The TATP was found in Coburn's room, which he had been renting from a relative, authorities said. Police went there intending to look for a bomb, but the officer who entered the house reported seeing what resembled a makeshift lab, with jugs of powder and bottles of peroxide, alcohol and other liquids scattered around the room. Two vials of crystalline powder sat on the desk, according to law enforcement, and underneath it sat a "large amount of tannerite" an explosive that contains ammonium nitrate and aluminum
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/14/667745335/florida-man-accused-of-making-highly-volatile-explosive-popular-with-isis
More scary stuff.
LiberalFighter
(51,171 posts)maxsolomon
(33,432 posts)At least someone saw something and said something.
BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)At first I kept thinking it was someone related to trump, couldn't place the name though, must be wrong.
He's been "renting a room from a relative" , which means LIVES IN MOM'S BASEMENT.
BamaRefugee
(3,488 posts)Response to Julian Englis (Original post)
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Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Exploding targets worry police
Products regulated, available at sports stores.a 4 yr old news story
SunSeeker
(51,746 posts)Racerdog1
(808 posts)Too bad he didn't blow himself up. Fucking waste of good oxygen.
keithbvadu2
(36,964 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)His claims that he was trying to make fireworks, then changed to rocket models. BS. No one in their right goddam mind messes with this stuff for a hobby. It is HIGHLY unstable even in very small quantities. That he was able to finesse this without incident is scary. Is he ex-military ?
They need to dig deep into this guy's background.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Its HOW to put it all together without blowing yourself and your entire house to kingdom come that is the key. And THAT wasn't revealed.
IronLionZion
(45,570 posts)Is there something in the water that affects their brains but doesn't affect anyone else? We should deport everyone from that state who looks like Jared Coburn.
oldlibdem
(330 posts)I hope to hell he decides not to run again in 2020.