Acid leakage results in apprehension of would-be bomber (Burned Hole in Self)

Police recently nabbed Palestinian at central Israeli city after phosphorus material leaked from his bomb-belt causing him severe burns.

Police officers recently foiled a suicide bombing attack in Israel, it was revealed on Monday. However, a highly unusual chain of events led to his apprehension.

It appears a leak in his bomb-belt caused phosphorus material to reach his skin causing such a severe burn that a hole was literally seen in the stomach of the would-be bomber.

Police forces who were recently on high terror alert in one of the cities of central Israel noticed a Palestinian running “like crazy”. They began a chase and soon detained him. At first they suspected that he ran because of the panic that suddenly gripped him when he noticed the large security deployment. However, it was then revealed that the reason for his detention was a severe burn in his stomach.

The terrorist was rushed to a nearby hospital and for days suffered pain from the material that consumed his skin.

Palestinian terror groups have tried in the past to add chemical substances to bombs. At the site of the triple bombing in Jerusalem some two years ago, remnants of a chemical material were discovered.

However, police stress it is a rare occurrence. Since the start of the Intifada, the terrorists rarely came to use such means.

The guy I met was named Dave Roever. He served in Vietnam in 1969. The WP grenade he was holding was triggered by a sniper bullet. The phosphorus burned off his face and burned the skin off his chest down though the muscle. He said he looked down and could see his heart beating. In an attempt to quench the burning he jumped in the river. WP burns underwater. He was still burning when medics picked him up and put him on a stretcher. He burned right through it.

The most amazing part of his story has to do with his wife who is still a very attractive woman. When she visited him in the hospital he was so disfigured that she walked right past his bed. When she found him, by reading the chart on his bed, she bent down and kissed what was left of his face. Dave said he was ashamed of his face and apologized that he would never look good to her again.

Brenda smiled and replied, "You were never very good looking anyway."

Her love probably helped him recover more than all the medical care he received.

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