A powerful high explosive, TATP was used in the November 2015 Paris attacks, the March 2016 Brussels bombings, the 2017 May Manchester bombing and a failed bomb attempt by an Islamist extremist at the Gare Centrale in Brussels in 2017.
Police uncovered 2 kilograms (4.4 pounds) of TATP, 10 petrol bombs, corrosive liquids, weapons and metal poles at the property.
"It's the largest such seizure we have ever come across in Hong Kong," said Alick Mcwhirter, superintendent of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Bureau. Leaflets linked to anti-extradition bill protests were also found on site.
At a press conference Saturday, Superintendent Steve Li Kwai-wah, said the 27-year-old man was wearing a shirt with the logo of the banned pro-independence group Hong Kong National Front when arrested by police.
Comments
(Old Spike)
yeah ok they found some explosives, but reporting that there was a shirt with that logo on it especially when the police cheif made me mention and even said there was no apparent motive makes the false nature of that claim very evident.
(Old Spike)
he said they have no concrete evidence whether the planned use of the explosives was or wasn't relating to the demonstration planned for the following day
what did he say that's evidently false?