Bomb attached to girls neck in Australia right now

It's probably fortunate that she's a teenage girl; as per the story alluded to with the Eisenberg trailer, even bomb squads have to consider their own safety first and might not be so heroic with a grown man.

 

Nope, no explosives in the device.

 

great great stuff ....

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43999406/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/#.TjoeTWHSzHo

Police: Australia neck 'bomb' is a'very elaborate hoax'
Girl underwent 10-hour ordeal as officials removed elaborate device

SYDNEY — A suspicious device attached to the neck of the 18-year-old daughter of a wealthy Australian businessman contained no explosives and appeared to be part of a "very elaborate hoax," Australian police said Thursday.
In a scene that could have been straight from a Hollywood thriller, bomb squad specialists worked for 10 horrifying hours to free Madeleine Pulver from a bomb-like device she said was chained to her neck by a ski-mask-clad man who entered her suburban Sydney home Wednesday afternoon. She was not hurt, and officials managed to free her around midnight.

New South Wales state Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Murdoch said Thursday that specialists had determined the device contained no explosives. Murdoch said the man apparently had also left a threatening note in the house with specific demands that police would not describe.

More at link.

 

Awesome, you did it!

 

Just because it didn't have explosives, I don't know I'd call it a "hoax." Unless the ransom demands were also a joke.

 

I want the letter "m" stricken from the English language.

 

Oh, you meant the bomb....

 

Good LORD, that girl has an AMAZING set of ta..........

er, I mean......

Wow, what a horrific story. Glad she's okay now.

 

You mean away, right?

 

Crazy demands allow you to plead insanity if caught.

 

Now she can go back to her ****ty life, being teenage millionaire in Australia. So sad.

 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44151716/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/#.TknPh2HSzHo

Man arrested in US over Australia collar bomb hoax
50-year-old detained in Ky. in connection with attack on daughter of wealthy Sydney businessman

SYDNEY — A FBI SWAT team captured a 50-year-old man at his ex-wife's Kentucky home in connection to an attack on an Australian teen who had a fake bomb chained to her neck.

FBI special agent Elizabeth A. Fries says Paul "Doug" Peters was staying at an apartment complex in La Grange, Ky., when he was arrested on Monday afternoon. It's about 30 miles northeast of Louisville. Two officers from the New South Wales Police flew to Louisville late Sunday night to assist.

She says Peters will have an initial court appearance in Louisville on Tuesday. He's an Australian citizen but has lived in the U.S., including Kentucky.

Police will ask a U.S. court to extradite him to Australia, and plan to charge him with aggravated breaking and entering and kidnapping.

"There are some links between the suspect and the family, however no direct links," said New South Wales assistant police commissioner Dave Hudson. "That's still a matter of investigation."

New South Wales police said they are still investigating the case as a possible extortion attempt.

The man left Australia on Aug. 8 and was in Australia for six weeks before the incident. He was under surveillance for several days before he was arrested. The suspect has conducted business in both the U.S. and Australia and has family in both places, according to New South Wales police officials.

The arrest took place without incident, according to NBC News. Australian officials said there will be an ongoing investigation for some time.

The arrest comes nearly two weeks after 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver was attacked in her home in the wealthy Sydney suburb of Mosman. Australia's prime minister said the incident resembled "a Hollywood script."

Pulver was home alone when police say a masked man broke into the house in the middle of the day, chained a device that looked like a bomb to her neck and left a note with demands before fleeing.

New South Wales police said they believe the man they arrested Monday was the man who entered Pulver's home and placed the device around her neck. Police are not currently seeking any other figures in connection with the incident.

Bomb technicians, negotiators and detectives rushed to the scene. Neighboring homes were evacuated, streets were closed and medical and fire crews waited nearby. Pulver spent 10 terrifying hours chained to the device before the bomb squad was able to free her. She was not hurt, and the device was later found to contain no explosives.

Police say a note had been attached to the device, but they haven't released details of what it said. The attacker made no additional demands after fleeing, Hudson said.

The family lives in one of Sydney's ritziest areas. The victim's father, William Pulver, is CEO of an information technology company. Hudson declined to say whether the suspect had any direct business ties to William Pulver.

Hudson said police didn't identify the man as a suspect until he had fled Australia for Kentucky a few days after the attack. Officials are still working to determine a motive, he said.

"It's a fairly detailed chain of circumstantial evidence which has led us to making the arrest ... we believe it's fairly compelling," Hudson said.