‘Crude’ bucket bomb made with fairy lights could have killed DOZENS say experts as police reveal 21/7-style device failed to properly detonate
Pictures of device appear to show builder’s bucket with fairy lights hanging out
Terrorists have attempted to use such lights as detonators to bombs before
Experts say explosive appears ‘unsophisticated’ and probably failed to go off
Device is said to have had a timer, meaning the bomber may have left the train
22 injured when the detonator went off, but it is though explosives didn’t ignite
By RICHARD SPILLETT, CRIME CORRESPONDENT
DAILYMAIL.COM
15 September 2017
Explosives experts say the Parsons Green bomb could have killed dozens if it had properly detonated at rush-hour this morning.
Anti-terror police are now examining the bucket bomb which failed to fully go off on a tube train in west London as they try to track down the bomber.
Photos of the explosive show a large builder’s tub – believed be packed with explosives – inside a Lidl coolbag, with a string of Christmas tree lights, thought to have been a crude detonator, hanging over the top.
Officers compared the device to those used in the failed 21/7 bombings, in which jihadis attempted to blow up tube trains. In that case, the bombs’ detonators went off but the explosives themselves were not ignited.
ISIS have encouraged followers to use the lights in bomb guides they post online, but the terror group have yet to claim responsibility for the attack.
A timer is understood to have been found on the device, suggesting the terrorist left it on board the train and then got off. It also suggests it was intended to go off at busier stations further down the line.
Terror expert Will Geddes said: ‘My suspicion is that Parsons Green was not the intended target.
‘Unless a person knows it, it is not going to mean a great deal to you – if it was Paddington or Notting Hill, they are internationally recognised names.’
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