"Police believe the bomb that destroyed the Sari did not contain the plastic explosive C4, as previously thought, but was comprised almost entirely of ammonium nitrate." - The Australian, 10-22-02
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au...5E2702,00.html
Nitrate used in Indonesian bomb
22oct02
A HUGE fertiliser bomb, similar in size to the one used by Timothy McVeigh in the Oklahoma City bombing, is believed responsible for the Sari Club bombing.
Australian law enforcement sources have confirmed the bomb that destroyed the Sari Club consisted of between 50kg and 150kg of ammonium nitrate, the material McVeigh used to kill 168 people in 1995. The sources said the Bali bomb was "a similar size" to the Oklahoma device.
Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty said yesterday that two bombs, rather than three, were involved in the October 12 attack that killed 188 people.
"The blast that they thought was a third blast now appears to be a vehicle parked in the vicinity of Paddy's Tavern that had TNT residue on it, and the vehicle has in fact been blown . . . about 30 metres away from the Sari Club and appeared to have been blocking traffic," Mr Keelty said in Canberra.
Police believe the bomb that destroyed the Sari did not contain the plastic explosive C4, as previously thought, but was comprised almost entirely of ammonium nitrate.
Police confirmed the bomb planted in Paddy's, which blew up before the Sari device, was made of TNT – the same explosive used to blow a hole in the road outside the US consulate in Denpasar 15 minutes earlier.
[ 23 October 2002, 04:43 AM: Message edited by: Crapgame ]