Potsdam bomb alert: Object containing explosives under investigation by German police (bomb defused) - Sensationalist Headlines

[video=youtube;zR-KVWtdNN0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR-KVWtdNN0[/video] [QUOTE]German police say a suspicious item found at a Christmas market in Potsdam contained explosives.Both the market and the surrounding area were evacuated as special forces investigated. The suspicious object was delivered to a pharmacy in the area and measured 40 cm by 50 cm, it has been reported. "The suspicion of an improvised explosive device has been confirmed," police said on Twitter. Police have now confirmed that the explosive device has now been defused and spokesman Torsten Herbst said on n-tv that it was not clear what the device was made of. Some reports had suggested it was a cylindrical object packed with nails but this has yet to be verified. A verified police Twitter account, Police Brandenburg_E, said the "IED suspicion has been confirmed". The post read: "The USBV suspicion has been confirmed. The affected area in the city centre of Potsdam must be cleared! Please note our loudspeaker announcements!"[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/potsdam-bomb-alert-explosives-suspicious-object-germany-police-a8087351.html[/url]

Counter-Terrorists win

Awesome work catching that before it could do some damage

Christmas markets have been open for two days and this shit's already starting. Yeet.

It was apparently just some [URL="https://i.imgur.com/Zv3YWMK.jpg"]Böller[/URL] (firecracker) with nails. No fuse or otherway to fire them, even if those would explode they wouldn't actually do anything unless you would hold it in your hand basically.

[QUOTE=Mitsuma;52938452]It was apparently just some [URL="https://i.imgur.com/Zv3YWMK.jpg"]Böller[/URL] (firecracker) with nails. No fuse or otherway to fire them, even if those would explode they wouldn't actually do anything unless you would hold it in your hand basically.[/QUOTE] [URL="https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/potsdam-sprengstoffverdacht-103.html"]Tagesschau[/URL] says it was a "Polenböller" (colloquial, a Polish firecracker)[URL="https://archive.is/RJla9"],[/URL] which tend to be stronger compared to what's normally sold here. I'm not sure whether they're illegal, but if I had to guess they're probably [I]very[/I] outlawed. It was seemingly still just a fake bomb, though.

probably a test if one could send that shit through postal services

[QUOTE=Mitsuma;52938452]It was apparently just some [URL="https://i.imgur.com/Zv3YWMK.jpg"]Böller[/URL] (firecracker) with nails. No fuse or otherway to fire them, even if those would explode they wouldn't actually do anything unless you would hold it in your hand basically.[/QUOTE] It sounds like something some careless children/youngsters would do on New Year's Eve.

News say the packet was not meant for the Christmas market or the Pharmacy. It was apparently blackmail against DHL, the delivery company. Also it was apparently indeed capable of exploding and would have done massive harm, if not killed somebody. And yes, Polenböller are illegal here. They exceed the 120db in 8m range noise limit and they often exceed the import-limit of 6g black powder. (Common "Chinaböller D" has 2.25g) They are also not tested and most accidents with them are due to early detonation which often costs people their hand. Some got killed because they put them into machines and shrapnel hit them.

yep, blackmail.

Bless the police for finding it. I cannot imagine how much hard would the bomb deal, if it was to explode at "the right time".

[QUOTE=Mitsuma;52943481]News say the packet was not meant for the Christmas market or the Pharmacy. It was apparently blackmail against DHL, the delivery company. Also it was apparently indeed capable of exploding and would have done massive harm, if not killed somebody.[/QUOTE] [quote=USA Today] Police suspect that perpetrators aim to blackmail the shipping giant DHL, and warn they might try again. [B]The item contained a QR code[/B], which can be scanned with a mobile device to reveal information. On Sunday, police said they detonated the package in a controlled explosion and that they still [B]had to reassemble the "hundreds" of pieces of the destroyed QR code in order to scan it.[/B] [B]The information hidden in the code indicated the bomb was "definitely" a blackmail attempt[/B], state police chief Jürgen Morke said. [/quote] [url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/12/03/german-police-potsdam-bomb-scare-likely-aimed-blackmailing-dhl/917550001/[/url] It might be a serial bomber. :ohno:

[QUOTE=shad0w440;52944682][url]https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/12/03/german-police-potsdam-bomb-scare-likely-aimed-blackmailing-dhl/917550001/[/url] It might be a serial bomber. :ohno:[/QUOTE] Sounds very Ted Kaczynski to me, but liking technology rather than hating it.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;52944945]Sounds very Ted Kaczynski to me, but liking technology rather than hating it.[/QUOTE] [url=http://www.bild.de/news/inland/erpressung/dhl-erpresser-fordert-10-millionen-in-bitcoins-54092006.bild.html]Our Sun/Mail equivalent[/url], without naming a source, claims they were after [sp]magic internet[/sp] money. 10 Million Euros.