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| Breaking: Terror experts head to unit block (Australia) |
| 2009-07-23 |
| COUNTER-terrorist bomb experts are making their way to a unit block and a street is in lockdown tonight after suspicious liquids and powders were discovered. The Newcastle neighbourhood has been locked down and some residents evacuated after police raided a top-floor unit in a suburban area late this afternoon and found the potentially deadly combination of substances, The Daily Telegraph reported. A man in his early 20s fled when police arrived. Sniffer dogs later found him hiding in the building's roof cavity. He was arrested at the scene and is tonight assisting police with inquiries. Chief Inspector Wayne Humphrey said the unit had been structurally altered - heightening police fears of what activity had been taking place inside. "There are obvious fears about what materials and substances were found in the unit, along with the structural changes to the building," Insp Humphrey said. Police, forensic specialists and NSW Fire Brigade HAZMAT officers are standing guard over the unit block. Structural changes? Were they digging a tunnel or what. Maybe just some innocent Paleo refugees got nostalgic for the good old days. |
| Posted by:Phil_B |
| #9 Nothing says meth lab like: suspicious liquids and powders I was thinking more along the line of "Mother of Satan" explosive, so much the favourite of amateur jihidis in the West because it can be mixed up in the bathtub. Meth would be less malign. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-07-23 20:55 |
| #8 He looka like a man. |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2009-07-23 13:53 |
| #7 If it is terror related to Islam, two words. Collective Punishment. |
| Posted by: Injun Grinesing9686 2009-07-23 11:49 |
| #6 Nothing says meth lab like: suspicious liquids and powders |
| Posted by: tipper 2009-07-23 10:27 |
| #5 "A man" of no other description.... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-07-23 08:57 |
| #4 Link |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-07-23 08:18 |
| #3 "...police raided a top-floor unit..." Kinda hard to tunnel from the top floor. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2009-07-23 08:15 |
| #2 Could be a case of the owner having a hard time selling the building into this real estate market and hiring some guy to set it up to collapse so he could 'sell' it to his insurance company instead. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-07-23 07:29 |
| #1 Or weakening structural supports to accelerate collapse, nostalgic for 9/11. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-07-23 07:18 |