Milan Terrorist Had Accomplices, More Explosives
October 13, 2009 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under World Report
It’s surprising that yesterdays terror attack on the Milan army barracks is not receiving more attention. The New York Post reports that two additional suspects have been taken into custody, and if the 100kg of fertilizer that was confiscated is any indication of what the group had planned, the attack could have been much worse.
The Libyan man who tried to bomb a Milan army barracks had suspected accomplices and the group had more explosives ready, police said on Tuesday.
There was no official word on the motive for the attack but newspapers said the 35-year-old failed suicide bomber, Mohammed Game, was an unsuccessful businessman who turned to militant Islam and wanted to force Italy to pull out of Afghanistan.
Police said they had arrested two of Game’s suspected accomplices — an Egyptian and a Libyan — and found 100 kg of “fertilizers and other materials” used to make explosives at one of their homes.
Game got inside the perimeter of the Santa Barbara barracks early on Monday and detonated his bomb while shouting in Arabic. But an army corporal managed to stop him getting close to the main building and a defect meant the bomb only detonated partly.
“It could have been much worse,” said Milan anti-terrorism magistrate Armando Spataro, who was heading the investigation.
