Terrorist next door

Brisbane could have it’s first brush with terrorism as police charge a man from the suburb of Aspley with terror offences. My youngest daughter lives at Aspley and it’s only a short drive from my place. A bit to close to home for my liking.
Police won’t rule out the possibility that four bombs – some embedded with nails and razor blades – and 10 detonators allegedly found at Amundsen’s Windrest Avenue home during a raid on Tuesday night were being stockpiled for a terrorist attack.
I’m obviously not privy to all the evidence but those words certainly smack of nefarious intent to me.
Police allege Amundsen, 40, used a fictitious name to buy 53kg of Powergel explosive from the Beenleigh branch of international company Orica, and had built 10 remote detonators, which were located in his Aspley home he shares with his elderly mother.
No, that doesn’t make me feel any more secure either. If he’s legit why the ficticious name?
Police sources said Amundsen had allegedly claimed he bought the explosives to blow up trees and to use in stunts for a movie he was making.
…embedded with nails and razor blades? Not exactly a Greenie and I’m sure the actors guild would take a dim view of razor blades and bolts in the explosives used for stunts they were working on. Outside of court Amundsen’s lawyer, Andrew Boe, lashed out at the media for reporting allegations his client was a terrorist.
He said there was a “completely plausible and non-nefarious explanation for the circumstances in which he finds himself” but would not elaborate.
“I refuse (to reveal) … the nature of the evidence, it would not be responsible of me to do so and certainly not responsible for the media to speculate simply because some allegations have been placed before the court,” Mr Boe said.
The media are only reporting what the police have stated and when they charge a man with terror offence surely it’s reasonable to say so. It will be interesting to see what develops.

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