Suitcase bomb found in German train [make that two]

EXPATICA ^ | 1 August 2006 | German news

[wolf78]

Suitcase bomb found in German train

1 August 2006

DORTMUND, GERMANY - A bomb has been found aboard a German train, with prosecutors saying Tuesday, the morning after it was discovered, that it had been powerful enough to maim or even kill.

Bomb-disposal specialists disabled the device Monday evening in the main railway station in the western German city of Dortmund.

"The contents were capable of severely injuring or even killing people," said prosecutor Ina Holznagel.

The device included a canister of propane gas, a timer and wires.

[wolf78]

A second bomb has been found on a train in Koblenz. If you can read German, SPIEGEL Online has the lastest news:

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,429668,00.html

A translated version using Google can be found here:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fpanorama%2F0%2C1518%2C429668%2C00.html&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

[jdm]

"A bomb ... has been found aboard a German train, with prosecutors saying Tuesday, the morning after it was discovered, that it had been ... powerful enough to maim or even kill."

Most bombs are.

[Hegemony Cricket]

ping

[seeker41]

hmmm.. maybe the Germans will get it that they are on the mussies death list as well. NOT!

[sport]

Those Baptists are at again.

[wolf78]

Fortunately whoever built the trigger for those two bombs, doesn't seem to be an expert.

However the question remains: If there are two bombs - is that all or are there more to come?

[cartan]

Hmm, propane gas? Somehow, this looks more like blackmail to me than the work of the Religion of Peace…

[tutstar]

ping...

[wolf78]

Hmm, propane gas? Somehow, this looks more like blackmail to me than the work of the Religion of Peace…

The latest reports in German are saying that it was a gas canister intended for Propane but filled with a Butane-gasoline mix.

Koffer mit Sprengstoffen

[paulcissa]

Training exercise.

[OpusatFR]

Germany is backing Britain against the EU in calling for a ceasefire.

[BigFinn]

beware of baggage stickers

[samadams2000]

Those damn Catholics.

[cartan]

Don't they typically use high-tech material?

[ROLF of the HILL COUNTRY]

"maybe the Germans will get it that they are on the mussies death list as well. NOT!"

Actually,they may be the first European nation to get a clue! My son returned from there just last year, and his impression was that the average Germans "HATE" the muslimes in their country. The way they talked about them, made him think of the holocaust.

[Alexander Rubin]

Oh, well that's just great. Just what the world needs. Another genocide. Yep. This sure is something to be excited about.

/sarc

No offence to you, because I know you didn't mean it that way, but its not a good thing to hear Germans talking that way again. My wrath and scorn is directed at the Europeans. What's needed is calm resolution, not a wild violent hate-fest. Why do they seem to be only capable of being pussies or warmongering lunatics, with a penchant for wholescale civilian slaughter?

[expatpat]

As Winston Churchill once said:"The Hun is either fawning at your feet, or tearing at your throat."

[Alexander Rubin]

I was thinking of that quote, but couldn't remember it exactly. Thanks!

[Michael81Dus]

We´re never "Pussies" - we´re just hiding our brutality.

[TexasRepublic]

There's a difference. The poor Jews never deserved what the Germans (and other anti-Semites) did to them. The Muslims however, are making a powerful case for what should happen to them. My awakening to Musim terror occurred at the Munich olympic games in 1972 -- I was there only the week before. Nothing since has reversed my opinion of those buggers.