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On November 19, a gardener for Escondido, CA, resident George Djura Jakubec
was walking in the backyard when he stepped on something causing it to
detonate. The explosion caused burns and abrasions up one leg, under one
arm, and on his head and eyebrows, and he was hospitalized.
Officers started searching the yard and home… then quickly retreated when
they found numerous explosive compounds and explosive-making materials in
and around the house. According to various reports, items found on the
property include:
9-12 pounds (4-6 Kg) of homemade HMTD, PETN, and ETN (which authorities
claim may be the largest discovery of its type on US soil…)
13 grenades
9 detonators
bags of metal pieces and ball bearings
semiautomatic weapons
several gallons of nitric acid, sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid
50 pounds (23 Kg) of hexamine
books about explosives
a tracker hidden in currency during bank robberies
And then they decided to call off the search because the house was too
unsafe for offices. Who knows what else may be in un-searched corners of
the house.
Not surprisingly, Jakubec, a naturalized US citizen originally from Serbia,
is in jail on $5 million bail and is charged with more than 25 felonies
relating to explosives and bank robbery. He pleaded not guilty.
Officials say there is no safe way to remove all the explosives from the
house, so the best way to neutralize the danger is to burn the house to the
ground. They plan to evacuate 200 homes, build temporary fire-safe walls
between the house and its neighbors, spray the wall and neighboring houses
with fire-retardant foam, pre-heat the house so it ignites quickly, then
start a fire. They plan to wait until a time after morning rush hour when
the winds are calm before starting the fire. They will need to close part
of nearby interstate 15 because of the house’s proximity to the highway.
Gov. Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for San Diego County.
Yikes.
Update (12/4): The North County Times is releasing images taken from inside
the house. Very disturbing. Very disturbing indeed. It’s like that one
episode of CSI where almost the exact same thing happened. They’re
clearing the house, when the one CSI opens a fridge in the garage. Then he
slowly says to the other CSIs in that low, dramatic tone of voice. ‘stop
what you’re doing and slowly walk out of the house.’ They ended up doing
the same thing to that house, only they detonated the explosives and
esploded the house instead of lighting it on fire. Click the image for all
12 pictures.
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News Stories:
11/21 story on initial searches of house
11/23 story on suspect and house searches
11/24 story on family history of suspect
11/30 story on decision to burn down house
11/30 story on execution of search warrant and list of items found in house
The search warrant
12/2 story on preparations to community for burning down the house
12/2 story on safety preparations being taken before burning down the house
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Posted on : Dec 03 2010
Tags: ETN, explosives, George Djura Jakubec, grenades, hexamine, HMTD, PETN
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Jack Bauer @ Dec 3, 2010 - 09:12:56:
The Serbian guy is probably just upset that his hero Novak Djokovic didn’t
win the US Open.
JG @ Dec 3, 2010 - 06:12:01:
> Officials say there is no safe way to remove all the explosives from the
house, so the best way to neutralize the danger is to burn the house to the
ground.
What a load of fear-mongering, terror-creating crap. The military routinely
deals with disposal like this. Presumably local officials were insisting on
100% certainty of “no problems” which isn’t even possible. Burning to the
ground has just as many negative adverse outcomes.
CJ @ Dec 3, 2010 - 06:12:08:
JG> They may deal with commercial and industrial explosives, but many of the
homebrew mixes are too difficult to deal with, particularly in large
quantities, or confined spaces. Having (personally) worked extensively with
TATP, DADP, HMTD, etc., they’re not to be messed with. Not every bomb can
be defused, and not every mess can be cleaned up. Sometimes you just have to
dispose of it in place. |
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