DHAKA, BANGLADESH: Police in Bangladesh have found at least 17 large containers of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used to make bombs, from a suspected militant hideout in Jhenaidah district, IANS reported.
The recovery was made after members of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit resumed their operation for the second day at a house used by the suspected Neo-Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) militants in the morning, The Daily Star reported.
"Some of the bombs have been already disposed of. As many as 14 containers filled with liquid have been found. The 30-litre containers are marked hydrogen peroxide," a senior police official told bdnews24.
The members claimed to have recovered a huge pile of explosives including three suicide vests, a pressure cooker bomb, around 20 plastic containers of bomb-making chemicals and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and detonators.
Security has been tightened in Bangladesh since Neo JMB militants attacked a cafe in Dhaka's upscale Gulshan area on July 1 last year, killing 22 people, mostly foreigners.
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is one of the most common household chemical used in wide range of applications such as packaging, chemical synthesis, cosmetics & medicine, electronics, food processing, pulp & paper, textile bleaching and much more.
One of the deadliest use of H2O2 is for making organic peroxide-based explosives, such as acetone peroxide specifically, triacetone triperoxide, for unplanned explosive devices. This may be a weapon of choice for terrorists.
Hydrogen peroxide itself also acts as an explosive in high concentrations when placed in an absorbent. These explosives tend to degrade quickly and hence are not used as commercial or military explosives.
Effects of H2O2:
- Harmful if swallowed in excess quantity
- Overexposure is poisonous to skin
- Causes severe skin burns and eye damage
- Fatal if inhaled in very large quantity
- May also cause death
In March, CTTC officials busted five hideouts of 'Neo JMB'—two in Chittagong, one in Sylhet and two in Moulvibazar. 19 people, including 5 children and 5 women, were killed in those raids.
According to police, 16 of them were killed in suicide blasts. 'Neo JMB', which is believed to be affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS), has also been blamed for the Gulshan cafe attack in 2016 in which 22 people, including 17 foreigners and two police officials, were killed.
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