Bomb strapped to teenage girl's neck in Sydney

Mirror ^ | 8/3/11

[LibWhacker]

Police are trying to defuse a bomb strapped around the neck of a terrified teenage girl at a multimillion pound mansion in Sydney, Australia.

Cops raced to the Mosman home of the 18-year-old victim, who is part of one of Sydney's wealthiest families, after she raised the alarm.

A senior police officer has described the device as a 'collar bomb' and it's believed a ransom note has been attached to the girl's neck.

[GeronL]

a lot of capable & willing people will not be working for a while because of forces COMPLETELY outside of their control

Voting?

[Dacula]

Here are some more links with photos. According to one link, this has been going on for over 6 hours

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/teenage-girl-at-centre-of-bomb-emergency-in-mosman-20110803-1ib8b.html

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43999406/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/

[Krankor]

A senior police officer has described the device as a 'collar bomb'

As opposed to a wrist bomb, ankle bomb or nose ring bomb?

[prisoner6]

Yes it was the pizza guy. Very sad. IIRC the perps have just been sentenced but basically got away with murder.

[marktwain]

It is a good thing that Australians are not allowed to use firearms for self defense. The man who entered the house and placed the bomb on her might have been hurt./S

[Krankor]

It's been reported that a balaclava-clad man entered the home, in Burrawong Avenue, and placed the device around the neck of the girl this afternoon.


Sounds like the guy might be Greek.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Bump for reference.

[Jonty30]

I saw that story. The guy who made the bomb died before the authorities could figure out he had anything to do with it.

[no-to-illegals]

Someone with a large debt and failing business? A restaurateur desperate for cash because of a failing business? Or a disguised individual to lead investigators in a wrong direction?

Prayers Up for the young lady.

[Malsua]

Sounds like the guy might be Greek.

Or Turk but I daresay, I've never seen a balaclava wearing person eating baklava. Did he have some baklava on his balaclava?

[_a_0_0_]

W.T.F?

God help this girl if this is real.

[no-to-illegals]

Sounds like the guy might be Greek.

or Maybe Japanese? Please understand, I am speculating. I have no idea what nationality of perp is.

[IbJensen]

[momtothree]

Prayers for this young girl and her family. I find this terrifying. Wasn’t there a case in the U.S. where a man had a bomb around his neck and ordered to rob a bank. If memory serves me correctly (and it doesn’t always do that), I believe he didn’t survive. I am wondering if this is some kind of new terror of sorts. Prayers... they have to be worried sick.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

The man who died did so because they didn’t really believe it was a bomb until it went off. They’ve learned from that mistake and have a much better response to this girl’s situation.

[corkoman]

Neck collar bombs are a pivotal part of the japanese movie "Battle Royale" and are indeed an effective motivator.

I hope they can remove it quickly and safely.

[wardaddy]

and the cops there did nothing as the guy pleaded with someone to help him

they thought it a hoax or set up

[momtothree]

I do remember something about the belief it was a hoax or that the police felt the man was using this bomb as a means of escape. I wonder how difficult it is to defuse a bomb strapped to a person (especially around her neck)? Not that I am saying any bomb defusing is a walk in the park but if it is on a person... does it raise the difficulty?

[RedMDer]

Prayers sent.

[PDGearhead]

Prayers up for her.