It seems so.
I'll call this a Flight 800 guess...
I think there's more to this, it doesn't pass the smell test.
Uh, what does this sentence mean? They just said the student was killed by his own bomb and that they didn't think there was anyone else involved. If that's the case, the case the young murderer should be receiving justice right about now.
I wonder if the bomber got his materials from these guys or their friends.
Another Helsinki bomb story from March, 2001.
http://www.helsinki-hs.net/news.asp?id=20010313IE11
Vuorikatu bomb was not primed
No percussion cap; bombers' motives remain a mystery
The two men caught by police in the centre of Helsinki with four kilos of a powerful explosive in their bag on Saturday night apparently were not planning to cause any explosions very soon.
Helsinki police said on Monday that the four kilos of porous ammonium nitrate and the roll of fuse found in the bag did not constitute a bomb ready for immediate detonation: that would have required a percussion cap which was missing from the bag.
According to a Finnish military expert, it is very unlikely for ammonium nitrate to explode accidentally.
Ammonium nitrate is often used to blast rock at construction sites, and it is not as powerful an explosive as dynamite, for instance.
The police investigating the case are trying to find out where the two men got the explosive and what they were planning to do with it. No information was given on any statements the two may have made so far.
The two were detained in front of the Mekka hostel [which is near to the University, I think] at Vuorikatu 8 after a resident of the building had called the police to report two men in the courtyard acting suspiciously. When the police saw that the bag they had contained explosives, the building was evacuated and the area was cordoned off for a few hours.
The two men , born in 1960 and 1958 respectively, were arrested on suspicion of preparing a dangerous crime. They could also face charges of a lesser crime involving the illegal possession of dangerous explosives.
The two, known as "Kossu" and "Rafu" have both had dealings with the police before. According to information received by Helsingin Sanomat both had lived at the Mekka a couple of months earlier but had been evicted.