Police arrested a 17-year-old boy Tuesday on allegations he helped the college student suspected of setting off a bomb at a shopping mall that killed himself and six others. Detective Chief Superintendent Tero Haapala said the boy, from southern Finland, was a chief suspect in "providing information about how bombs are constructed." However, he said 19-year-old Petri Gerdt, who lived with his parents and studied chemical engineering, built the bomb on his own and intentionally exploded it on Friday evening at one of Finland's largest shopping malls in Vantaa, 10 miles north of Helsinki. Haapala said they also were holding three Finnish men who had been in contact with Gerdt on an Internet chat line known as "bomb forum," a site where Web surfers discussed homemade explosives.
Probably they should find a new hobby. Maybe something like stamp collecting, or photography... |