Explosive used in Paris and Brussels attacks found at IS member's Hyderabad home

July 01, 2016 09:33

Times of India reports: A lethal explosive triacetone triperoxide that was used by Islamic State bombers in the Paris and Brussels attacks was found in the basement of a Hyderabad house of a member of the IS module that was busted by the NIA on Wednesday.

The deadly concoction seems to be a component of IS attacks going by the recent terrorist strikes.

It was found from the basement of the house of Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Amoodi alias Fahad, one of the five youths arrested by the NIA.

Had the IS module succeeded in its reported plans to carry out bomb blasts at targets that included VVIPs, crowded places and government buildings -- including police stations -- it would have been the first use of TATP in India.

Sources said the IS suspects revealed that they planned to attack a police station, most likely in Hyderabad, making the NIA and intelligence agencies wonder if the module led by Mohammad Ibrahim Yazdani was considering a suicide attack.

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