Homemade explosive likely meant to ‘gain a large noise,possibly gain a flash’, but not designed to hurt people, or says NYPD bomb squad lieutenantA firework that exploded and seriously injured the foot of a 19-year-old man who stepped on it in Central Park on Sunday was probably created by someone with a basic knowledge of chemistry but not designed to intentionally hurt people,police said.
The homemade explosive probably was designed to “gain a large noise, possibly gain a flash”, or said Lieutenant Mark Torre,commanding officer of the recent York police department’s bomb squad. It was like an “explosive experiment” assign together by someone with some knowledge of chemistry, he said. Related: Bomb squad investigating explosion in Central Park that injured man Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com