The compounds that Andrew Hallock made at home were extremely explosive. Acetone peroxide: This explodes with a force of up to 27,000 feet per second. It is made of materials available through retail ...

Acetone peroxide, the explosive reportedly used by the London bombers last week, is a favoured weapon of suicide bombers in the Middle East. Anyone with a good high-school knowledge of chemistry and ...

Police suspect that the explosive used in last week's attacks in London was a compound known to chemists as "mother of Satan". It is simple to make and has been the explosive of choice for extremist ...

Explosive materialAcetone peroxide, the explosive reportedly used by the London bombers last week, is a favoured weapon of suicide bombers in the Middle East. Anyone with a good high-school knowledge ...

The bombs that mercifully fizzled in London yesterday may have been put together with common chemicals to make a concoction known to terrorists as the Mother of Satan because of its unpredictability.

Terrorists like acetone peroxide because it’s the rare explosive that doesn’t contain nitrogen, the key ingredients bomb detectors search for. It’s also cheap, easy to make at home and so unstable ...

The time is now for hazmat teams to develop and/or expand their working relationship with their local bomb squad. Why? In the past year, there have been several cases in which first responders and ...

Police now believe that the London bombers used home-made explosives, contradicting speculation that they had access to high-grade military explosives. Acetone peroxide, the explosive thought to have ...

The London terror gang used the same highly-volatile explosives as shoe-bomber Richard Reid, it has emerged. Investigators found traces of acetone peroxide at the ...

The homemade explosive thought to have been used in both bombing waves can deteriorate after just a few days, a weapons expert has said. The short shelf-life of acetone peroxide, which is known by ...

Acetone peroxide, also known as Mother of Satan because of its instability and lethal potential, can be made from common household items. Acetone peroxide, also known as Mother of Satan because of its ...

Acetone peroxide - TATP, or Mother of Satan as it is known, due to its devastating effects - is the home-made explosive that police believe was used by the London bombers. Anyone with a basic ...