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Improvised Explosive Device Found in Asheville, North Carolina Airport

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday October 15 2017, @04:46PM   Printer-friendly

An Anonymous Coward writes:

http://heavy.com/news/2017/10/michael-christopher-estes-asheville-airport-bomber-suspect/

A 46-year-old man is facing federal charges accusing him of leaving a jar filled with explosives at a North Carolina airport as part of a war he pledged to fight on U.S. soil.

Michael Christopher Estes was arrested October 7 and charged with attempted malicious use of explosive materials and unlawful possession of explosive materials in an airport, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.

The improvised explosive device, or IED, was found inside a jar at the Asheville Regional Airport about 7 a.m. on October 6, the FBI said in the complaint. Bomb technicians from the Asheville Police Department rendered the device safe. The baggage claim and lobby area of the airport were evacuated and shut down for about 2 hours. No one was injured.

also at USA Today and The Independent

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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by requerdanos on Sunday October 15 2017, @06:32PM

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Sunday October 15 2017, @06:32PM (#582698) Journal

    but if this is the evidence that the device was explosive, then I am very, very underwhelmed.

    Well keep reading TFA, and you will be even more underwhelmed.

    It gets even better. In point 2 of TFA,

    Estes... "claimed that he did not actually set the alarm clock," the FBI said.

    The FBI does not seem to have disputed his claim at any point of their complaint, despite TFA's not-quite-accurate assertion that "The Mason Jar Bomb Was Filled With Shrapnel & Had an Alarm Clock Taped to It Set to Go Off* at 6:00."

    * well, not really...

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