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Offline bijou

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This was the original story:
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A suspected Islamic extremist has attempted to attack a restaurant in a shopping centre in the middle of Exeter.

Nobody in the restaurant was injured in the explosion apart from the bomber
The man suffered cuts to his eye and facial burns in the attack when his device went off in the toilets of the restaurant in the brand new, £230m Princesshay centre.

Police sources believe the man was arming a bomb when it partially exploded in his face. He then tried to detonate a second device in the crowded street outside the restaurant.

Bomb disposal teams have recovered canisters of a sodium-based homemade explosive, it is understood, and there were reports that nails may have been part of the devices.

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The latest news is a follow up on the bomber:
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...Investigating officers said that Nicky Reilly received a text message of "encouragement" hours before the nailbomb attack in a family restaurant.

Police have made the first arrests as the net closed in on the suspected radicals alleged to have groomed the bomber.

Senior police sources said that the alleged corruption of a vulnerable young man - who suffered from Asperger's Syndrome, had a history of self harm and had attempted suicide several times - was a "new horrific low" for Muslim extremism in Britain.

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This is a tactic which has been used by al qaeda in Iraq, as the quote from the police at the link says
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"This really does mark a low point for Muslim extremists. We are all horrified by what has happened here."



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Re: Exeter explosion: Autistic bomb suspect 'radicalised by gang'
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2008, 03:50:26 PM »
Gee, what a peaceful religion.  :whatever:
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Re: Exeter explosion: Autistic bomb suspect 'radicalised by gang'
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2008, 03:52:43 PM »
Oh, based on what I know about them, I'm quite sure they are more than capable of digging even deeper.
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