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They detonated it?
I mean, I'm no expert but... Isn't the goal to diffuse the bomb/make it useless?
Maybe they wanted to have a little fun 💣
It's safer to detonate an unknown device. You don't know how stable it is or how to defuse it at all.
Germany is pretty good at defusing WWII bombs that are found all year around, but even with them it's sometimes safer to detonate them.
This isn't a movie where someone tries to defuse it against a timer.
Not worth the risk to the bomb squad, vs just blow it up.
According to German news it was TATP which is extremely unstable so they detonated it in a safe place nearby to minimize the risk for everyone.
Man, I bet the bomb defusal experts are kicking themselves not having asked you for your expert opinion beforehand
And the safest way to make an unstable explosive stable and non-explosive is to... explode it! No point faffing about with something dangerous like this when you can just destroy it.
I see youve never heard of robots
FYI: explosions != Safety protocolI
It wasn't a bomb. There was no detonator. It was explosive material that can explode when you look at it the wrong way. There is no way to defuse it.
I agree that controlled detonations can be the safest route, especially for highly unstable materials where any disturbance could trigger them. I’d understood, though, (again, not an expert), that in many cases... especially if no immediate threat to people is present... technicians might start with robots to examine the material remotely or potentially neutralize it without detonation, if safe.
And, from my non-expert opinion, some explosive materials are sensitive enough to warrant a controlled detonation right away, but it seems there are far, far more often initial remote investigations before they make that call, to avoid unnecessary detonations. It’s always fascinating to see how much science goes into evaluating safety protocols! Or doesn't, in this case.
If you are not an expert, why are you so stubbornly repeating your opinion over and over?
They are the experts and they decided to handle them a specific way.
Because I posted a fun reasonable nonsense and y'all keep downviting and responding.
There are better ways to disagree with reasonable discourse.
Yeah, read the room. This is news about a foiled terrorist attack on a German train station. Not everything needs to be "fun". Not everything needs to be nonsense. There are better ways to contribute, especially since you basically went "omg police handcuffed a suspect they wanna bdsm?" but for the bomb squad.
Who knows what the target was. A poster above said there was no detonator. He may have been transporting ir somewhere else to use
The suspect and a guy who was with him are known to police and belong to a group of people detonating ATM which is what TATP is often used for (according to German news) so it's very likely this stuff wasn't intended to attack people.
That's... what they use to relocate the device (if possible) and place the detonation charge. I have a passing familiarity with EOD robots.