Teacher arrested in bomb discovery
Tasmania Examiner
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Brisbane (Australia):
A Brisbane high school teacher has denied being a terrorist, telling a court a stockpile of explosives found at his home were for use in a television production.
John Howard Amundsen, 40, of Aspley in Brisbane's north, yesterday faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court on one charge of fraud after allegedly obtaining 53kg of an explosive using false identification.
Police allegedly found the explosives - some manufactured into bombs with nails and razor blades embedded in them - at his home during a raid Tuesday night which forced the evacuation of about 30 surrounding homes.
Magistrate Lindy Bradford-Morgan refused Mr Amundsen bail on the basis he was a risk to public safety and adjourned the case until today.
Further charges are expected to be laid against Mr Amundsen.
Police will not rule out the possibility that four bombs and 10 detonators allegedly found at the home in Windrest Ave that Amundsen shared with his elderly mother were being stockpiled for a terrorist attack.
May 11, 2006
Tasmania Examiner
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Brisbane (Australia):
A Brisbane high school teacher has denied being a terrorist, telling a court a stockpile of explosives found at his home were for use in a television production.
John Howard Amundsen, 40, of Aspley in Brisbane's north, yesterday faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court on one charge of fraud after allegedly obtaining 53kg of an explosive using false identification.
Police allegedly found the explosives - some manufactured into bombs with nails and razor blades embedded in them - at his home during a raid Tuesday night which forced the evacuation of about 30 surrounding homes.
Magistrate Lindy Bradford-Morgan refused Mr Amundsen bail on the basis he was a risk to public safety and adjourned the case until today.
Further charges are expected to be laid against Mr Amundsen.
Police will not rule out the possibility that four bombs and 10 detonators allegedly found at the home in Windrest Ave that Amundsen shared with his elderly mother were being stockpiled for a terrorist attack.
May 11, 2006
