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WORLD NEWS Saturday 7 december 2019

Hong Kong police sound alarm over homemade explosives

By JOHN LEICESTER ing 50 grams, which would
Associated Press fit into a cigarette packet,
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong sent shrapnel flying from
Kong’s much-maligned po- the shattered front of the
lice force provided a rare minivan.
behind-the-scenes look The squad used explosives
Friday at its bomb disposal with a destructive force
squad to show the poten- equivalent to TATP but not
tially deadly destructive TATP itself, because the
force of homemade explo- substance is dangerous to
sives seized during months handle and is susceptible
of protests that have shak- to bumps, heat and fric-
en the semi-autonomous tion.
Chinese territory. “Because I like having 10
In a demonstration for me- fingers, I am not going to
dia cameras, the bomb use TATP,” McWhirter said.
squad set off a series of In October, police said a
controlled explosions in a homemade remote-con-
disused quarry overlooking trolled bomb intended to
the city’s high-rise skyline, “kill or to harm” riot control
blowing up a watermelon officers was detonated as
and shredding the front of they deployed against pro-
a minivan. tests. Causing a loud thud
In July, police announced A protester holds a sign reading “Stop Tear Gas” during a rally against the police’s use of tear gas but no injuries, the small
the seizure of about 2 ki- in Hong Kong, Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. blast was the first known use
lograms (4.4 pounds) of Associated Press of an explosive device dur-
TATP, which has been used tone tri-peroxide. disposal officer. A demonstration blast of ing the protests that started
in militant attacks world- “Obviously, I’m concerned Just 1 gram of the unsta- 1 gram of high explosive in June over a contested
wide. Other recent seizures that they are making TATP ble explosive, equivalent at the quarry above the extradition bill and snow-
in Hong Kong involved or are in possession of to the weight of a candy, bomb squad’s fenced-off balled into an anti-govern-
far smaller amounts, just 1 TATP,” said Alick McWhirter, could cause serious injuries, headquarters caused a ment, anti-police and anti-
gram, of TATP, or tri-ace- the squad’s senior bomb he said. loud bang. A blast involv- China movement.q

Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case

By MAHESH KUMAR mile) away, according to state of Telangana about
Associated Press Shreedharan, an official an hour southwest of Hy-
SHADNAGAR, India (AP) in the police commission- derabad, to praise police
— Indian police on Friday er’s office who uses one for killing the suspects.
fatally shot and killed four name. Another police offi- Some hugged officers
men suspected of rap- cial said the suspects tried and lifted them into the
ing and killing a woman to grab an officer’s fire- air chanting “long live po-
in southern India, leading arm and escape. That of- lice,” while others show-
some to celebrate their ficer spoke on condition of ered them with flowers.
deaths as justice in a case anonymity as he was not But in New Delhi, some ob-
that has sparked protests authorized to speak to the servers condemned the
across the country. media. The burned body police killing. “This type of
The men, who were in po- of a 27-year-old woman justice is counterfeit,” said
lice custody and had not was found last week by a Kavita Krishnan, secretary
been formally charged passer-by in an underpass of the All India Progres- People throw flower petals on the Indian policemen guarding
with any crime, were tak- near Hyderabad after she sive Women’s Association. the area where rape accused were shot, in Shadnagar some
en to the crime scenes, went missing the previ- “The killings are a ploy to 50 kilometers or 31 miles from Hyderabad, India, Friday, Dec.
both where the rape and ous night. The high-profile shut down our demand of 6, 2019.
killing are suspected of case has sparked protests accountability from gov- Associated Press
taking place and the spot across India. ernments, judiciary and gation into this,” she said. and a former Cabinet
where the woman’s body About 300 people gath- police, and dignity and Maneka Gandhi, a law- minister, accused police
was burned about half ered at the crime scene in justice for women. We de- maker from India’s ruling of taking the law into their
a kilometer (a third of a Shadnagar, a town in the mand a thorough investi- Bharatiya Janata Party own hands. q