Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Drama in Australia

 1021 EST US

Teen safe after 'collar bomb' drama ends in Sydney suburb 


of Mosman

Police have defused a bomb strapped to a teenage girl at a house in the wealthy Mosman suburb of Sydney. The drama began on Wednesday afternoon (local time) when an 18-year-old girl called police to alert them to the device. Police are reportedly treating the case as an extortion attempt. Her parents were distraught according to police, and had not been allowed to speak to the girl during the ordeal. There were four specialist police officers in the house with the teenager, and the incident went on for over seven hours.







Collar bomb' drama in upscale Sydney suburb of Mosman

'Collar bomb' drama in upscale Sydney suburb of Mosman
From: Ten News
Police are trying to defuse a bomb strapped to a teenage girl at a house in the wealthy Mosman suburb of Sydney. The drama began on Wednesday afternoon (local time) when an 18-year-old girl called police to alert them to the device. Police are reportedly treating the case an extortion attempt.

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1012 EST US
Police: girl remains calm but is still connected to 'device'. Bomb squad looking at other items found in house. Serious crime unit in charge John Kerrison
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Police spoke to press seven hours into the incident, telling them that the device was intricate but refusing to go into details about it position or viability:
Teenager holding up well, say police, parents 'doing it tougher than she is.'less than a minute ago via Mobile Web  Favorite  Retweet  ReplyNick Bryant
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2GBNews 2GBNews
Police have not made contact with the person who attached the device #mosman
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Four police in the room with the teenager. Two bomb disposal experts. Two negotiators.
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Police confirmed that specialists from the Australian Federal Police were contacted:
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The media are awaiting the next press briefing from the police (expected at 10.30pm local time):
abcmarkscott abcmarkscott
Next update expected around 10.30. It has been pushed back twice now. #Mosman#ABCNews24
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7 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 3, 2011 at 9:29 AM

    This is absolutely horrid. What is wrong with people and who would do such a thing?

    Talk about madness.

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  2. GrumpyelderAugust 3, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    Good Question Puma... Just hope the cops in the room trying to disarm it, get some unsupervised interrogation time with the guy when they catch him.

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  3. YishaiAugust 3, 2011 at 10:32 AM

    I only hope the next bomb they touch blows up in their hands- and doesn't kill them.

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  4. GrumpyelderAugust 3, 2011 at 10:39 AM

    That works Yishai

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  5. FishygalAugust 3, 2011 at 11:05 AM

    Celebrating Ramadan no doubt!

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  6. brikonyAugust 3, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    I'm all for the rule of law, but here's the deal, if they catch the guy that made the bomb, I wouldn't want to torture him but he should have his face six inches away while the bomb squad diffuses it. Just saying.

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  7. FishygalAugust 3, 2011 at 6:04 PM

    Not just his face brikony, maybe some other body parts located slightly lower.

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