‘Very Serious’: Aussie Cops Deal With ‘Collar Bomb’ Attached to Neck of Rich Teen Girl
- Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:49am by
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UPDATE: The girl has been freed and identified. Read our follow-up story here.
SYDNEY (MSNBC)— Australian police were trying to defuse an explosive device strapped to an 18-year-old girl’s body in a wealthy neighborhood of Sydney on Wednesday, according to local reports.
The situation was a “very serious and sensitive matter,” said New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Mark Murdoch, according to the Herald Sun.
Police said they did not know how the “collar bomb” had been strapped to the teen’s neck, but it was understood that she did not put it there herself, according to The Daily Telegraph.
The teen was “absolutely petrified,” the The Daily Telegraph reported. However, the Sky News Australia reports police say she is holding up well:
Australia‘s News10 offers a rundown of the day’s events:
It is understood the teenager, who recently celebrated her 18th birthday, is part of one of Sydney’s wealthiest families. She was said to be ‘absolutely terrified’ as bomb squad officers attempted to establish the volatility of the device.
Local reports said police believed a ransom note has been attached to the girl’s neck, but bomb experts were unable to get close enough to read its contents until they had decided if it was safe to approach the package.
Burrawong Avenue, Mosman, where the drama is being played out, is home to Australian racing identity Gai Waterhouse and ex-Wallaby rugby players Phil Kearns and John Eales.
The young woman’s parents, who have not been identified, were outside the house comforting one another.
Police are understood to be scouring other ‘items’ inside the house while the girl has moved to the front part of the building.
There were some suggestions that the drama mirrors a scene from the horror movie Saw and an episode of the CSI crime show.
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Comments (57)
Slayer
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:30pmWhy is this so horrifying? Obama put a collar bomb around the neck of the wealthy United States and the GOP came and added a couple more locks to it.
Report Post »Marci
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:43pmThe GOP did this alone Slayer? Seriously. If you can’t note the part of the Dems on this issue, don’t bother debating.
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:42amWho cares if she’s rich? Why is that important?
Report Post »Finger Follie
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 11:56amI think by stating she is rich they are trying to establish a possible motive.
Report Post »ALibertarianCitizen
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:31pmCriminals generally extort the children of rich families for money because they have it moreso than the lower classes. They think they are modern robin hoods.
Report Post »RedPillPatriot
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 12:57pmThe first thing the cops said to her was: “Stay calm and don’t lose your head”
what? too soon?
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:32amVery sad to see how people have to terrify a little girl, or anyone for that matter in some effort to extort anything from them. This is absolutely not different then those disgusting suicide and homicide bombs in the middle east…. its a move by child-like mentalities… they can’t get their way fast enough through normal sitting down and discussing, so they have to throw a “temper tantrum” in the form of murdering and killing in some pathetic attempt to get their message across, in the end… everyone loses.
This girl is going to traumatized for years now because of this event.
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:08pmI think this girl is going to have an increase in gratitude for the life she’s been blessed with and will live a productive, unhindered life, albeit traumatic at the time. No reason to assume future psychological issues.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:22amDo like I do, hit the report post button. I really hate being spammed.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:27amSaw ll ?
Report Post »HUGGINGMYBABIES
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:10amDear Lord can you stop already?
Report Post »WTSpike
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:08amAnd this idea may have come from a movie or a TV show? What a surprise. In the movie “Money Train”, some sicko was pumping gasoline into a subway ticket booth and lighting the cashiers on fire. Sure enough, someone did it for real shortly after that. I pray that this poor girl comes out of this alive and unharmed. But the mental damage it will leave her with is going to be tough to overcome. When they catch who did this, there isn’t enough prison time to give them.
Report Post »encinom
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:22amActually, the TV show was based on a real evemt, a man with the same bomb collar was forced to rob a bank, several years ago.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:14pm@WTSPIKE
There isn’t enough prison time?
I was thinking more like strapping on one of their own collar bombs with a timer set for about a week.
Report Post »Then let them wait it out until the end.
HuskerDave
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:58amThere are some really shameful remarks in the comments section today. Many of you should be ashamed of yourselves. You won’t be – but you should be.
I pray the girl gets through this ordeal unharmed.
Report Post »Drum Man
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:54amThis is just dispicable. I pray for the girl and the brave people trying to get it off of her.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:54amSo… how long do we wait til this begins to happen here?
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:23amTSA will be checking all necklaces now, The wearing of any necklace will be reason to strip search a passenger.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:53amI got news for these cops; the movies they mention did indeed have collar bombs in them yet the fact also is there has been at least one REAL COLLAR BOMB here in AMERICA in the past. There was a pizza delivery man apprehended by police after a bank heist; around his neck was a collar bomb like this girl had — with him, the cops ordered him to remove it, constantly shouting down his claim he had no way to remove it and someone else had the trigger for the device — he was right, the cops watched with the rest of us on TV as it detonated, killing the man instantly.
To the best of my knowledge, no one ever was arrested in the murder of the pizza man or the making of the collar bomb.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:59amI had forgotten all about that story. Didn’t that happen in Philly?
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:12amThe US collar bomb case happened in Erie PA. It has been solved. Here is a link:
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/09/_erie_pa_a.html
The pizza man was apparently part of the plot.
Report Post »chazde3
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:19amActually that man was a co-conspirator in that robbery. Look up Brian Douglas Wells. He apparently was under the impression that the bomb would not be real but was forced to go along with it after he found out it was real. One of the men involved plead guilty and received 45 years and another involved was convicted and sentenced to 30 years for her involvement.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:35amThanks for the links and the updates; sometimes I never hear the outcome of the stories after they no longer make the news…like so many things in the world itself.
Report Post »Hephzibah
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:52amWell, did they get it off her? Left with a lot of questions here. Reporting sure ain’t what it used to be.
Report Post »Lone Star Girl
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:50amOMG this is terrible. Please pray for the you woman’s saftey. I know that this happens in the more war torn areas in the past and we need to pray for those victims as well, but I can not imagine how we have arrived at a point in history where we see such babaric activty in the developed world.
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:48amFrom what I remember, Australia has been fighting Muslim’s on their laws. I wonder if that has something to do with it.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:01amLikely not. The bomb is reported to be sophisticated (ie, not a crappy IED you’d find from the third world), and it is for ransom, not pure terror. The girl is the daughter of a wealthy couple; odds are it’s an extortion attempt.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:16pmThanks Sher-Locked
Report Post »Papalima28
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:47amThere are authentic prophecies by Catholic saints about cleansing the earth again! Message of Fatima and the Three Days of Darkness. I’m not preaching doom and gloom, just the preparation of you soul. God’s will be done!
Report Post »jaw_bone
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:44amI hope the young girl will be ok.
Report Post »LAMET
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:56amA rich girl was targeted – Sounds like they have a CLASS WARFARE issue.
Just like the Class warfare OBAMA is creating. Could happen here too!
Report Post »mormormax
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:23amOur time might be better spent praying for this young girl and her family and may God have mercy on us all.
Report Post »bry
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:41amThis is a horror beyond words…praying for the young girl aand her parents. Also praying the bomb squad will be safe and successful in defusing the device.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:14amJust pass a law prohibiting collar bombs and this will never happen again.
Report Post »Paul G
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:35amHA! You’re right….Let’s make murder a crime next….lol
Report Post »poorrichard09
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:03amWas it under a burka? A headscarf maybe? Does she have a muslim boyfriend?
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:02amwow who would do something like this and why? some people are just sick
Report Post »clingingtogodandguns
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:00amHow do you get a bomb strapped to your neck and not know it.Lay off the drugs and alcohol.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:42amEasy. Someone bangs you upside the head, knocks you out & puts the collar on you. Or, someone drugs you & puts the collar on you. So far, very few details about the situation have been released.
Report Post »GayDem4Beck
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:59amSounds like a copycat, anyone remember the collar bomb in PA ?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:05am.
Report Post »Pizza Boy! That did not end well as I recall……………….
Attention2Detail
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:57amWhat kind of sick bastard would do this. I hope they catch him and put the “device” around his neck, and after he has had a good long time to think about it, go ahead and detonate it. Let the punishment fit the crime.
Report Post »windycitywoman
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:57amHello Beck friends! I have started a prayer group for Glenn and his endeavors on educating our youth and his mission in Israel. This group also posts news articles and videos on topics Glenn has covered on his show. Many others and I are members of GBTV and will be discussing his show daily and posting what he shares on the Internet. This is a great way to stay in the loop if you do not have GBTV!. We have also been doing wonderful fast and prayers on Wednesdays for Israel! If you are a “like minded” Christian, Conservative Glenn Beck fan please join us (240 of us and growing rapidly and without the TROLLS)! Find me on Facebook under Sharon Grek Papucci and send me a friend request! Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers.” -Sidlow Baxter
Report Post »troopsupporter
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:30amIts too bad you only want people of Christian faith… Why not Jewish? Or another religion for that matter. I thought Glenn supporters were more open than that. Please rethink this as there are many paths to God.
Report Post »Abraham Young
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:48amI don’t jump to the conclusion that you are exclusively looking for Christians, but it is no business of anyones’ who you invite to what. Saul Alinskyites waste no opportunity to ridicule, harass, and bear false witness against anyone, particularly religious folks. Stand fast and pray for your enemies, do good to those that despise you. Jesus knew his politics better than anyone.
Report Post »siguy62
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:54am@troopsupporter. I’m not a pryaer type of person, however, I have respect for those who do. You are, if you wish, able to start your own group to pray for Israel. Or is mocking others more to your liking?
Report Post »BlazingInSC
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:57am@TROOPSUPPORTER – if you truly believe there are many path to God, then you are not a “like minded” Christian she is looking for. Therefore, move on. She’s made it very clear what their purpose is and who they are looking for to accomplish their goals. Sorry, but not everyone will fit into their wishes… that’s perfectly ine. In the real world, that’s how it goes. You wouldn’t ask a 400 pound person to test out the latest string bikini fashion trends right?
Report Post »SoDakUSA
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:02amThanks for the thought, but is there any other place you could have submitted your request other than a story about a girl with a collar bomb on…seriously people…this is the common sense everyone talks about US not having….
Report Post »Truthbeliever2
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:03amExact words from the above post…
“If you are a “like minded” Christian, Conservative Glenn Beck fan please join us”
I guess you are upset they didn’t mention every religion on the entire planet???
Report Post »lotus143
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:56amThis happened in Erie Pennsylvania about 10 years ago to, I believe a pizza delivery guy. If I’m not mistaken it killed him and they never found the folks responsible.
Report Post »Inbred Jed
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:14amThere was actually an arrest and conviction of 2 individuals with that case.
Report Post »spuggylips
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:17amyou are correct, blew up and killed the poor guy.
Report Post »wtc101
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:54amSpeachless….people need to wake up and realize life is what you make of it. Not what you can do to hurt others!
Report Post »UlyssesP
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:13amI’m confused. What if what you make of life is what you can do to hurt others?
Report Post »Ephraim
Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:56amUlyssesp wrote:
I’m confused. What if what you make of life is what you can do to hurt others?
Yes, you are. If what you make of life is what you can do to hurt others, then congratulations: You got it ALL wrong.
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