ThatSoundAgain
14th September 2010, 05:29 PM
Didn't know whether to put this one in Conspiracy Theories, but since I don't actually have a CT myself I'll put it here. It's just that this strange case has all the hallmarks of something that'll eventually mutate into weird CT territory.
Initial BBC report (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11265576)
Politiken's coverage (reputable Danish paper) (http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/1058339/mystery-suspected-bomber/)
Basically, Friday a small explosion occurred in a Copenhagen hotel. It appears to be a misfire as it was a pretty small explosion in the lavatory of a regular hotel room. After a short time, a man who had fled the hotel was apprehended in a nearby park. Reports were at the time that he had more explosives with him, but that turned out not to be the case.
There are numerous things about the case that are intriguing. The man had a pistol, a bus ticket to Belgium, several very different outfits and a prosthetic leg. Also, several sets of false papers, some of which he'd been using successfully as far as I understand it (so they must be decent forgeries). Everything else in his possession seemed to be bought locally, including a multi-tool and a diskette case, which has led to some speculation about a letter bomb.
The weird thing is how much of a mystery he is to the police. He has no record with Europol, nobody around here apparently has his prints. He speaks French fluently, English and German. He's been careful in not revealing anything while being questioned, has requested both Christian, Muslim, and Jewish literature and is claiming to be a vegetarian (they presented him with a meal containing pork). Further, he's been prepared enough to mask his identity to the point of filing down the S/N on his prosthesis, and changing his appearance radically - arriving with a beard, then shaving and changing clothes before going out again. And, of course, clamming up totally.
So, playing the armchair intelligence analyst: He appears so prepared that it's unlikely he's doing this with no training and outside help. It's not something I know a lot about, though, and of course he's not more of a super-spy than to mess up with the explosive.
Thoughts?
Initial BBC report (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11265576)
Politiken's coverage (reputable Danish paper) (http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/1058339/mystery-suspected-bomber/)
Basically, Friday a small explosion occurred in a Copenhagen hotel. It appears to be a misfire as it was a pretty small explosion in the lavatory of a regular hotel room. After a short time, a man who had fled the hotel was apprehended in a nearby park. Reports were at the time that he had more explosives with him, but that turned out not to be the case.
There are numerous things about the case that are intriguing. The man had a pistol, a bus ticket to Belgium, several very different outfits and a prosthetic leg. Also, several sets of false papers, some of which he'd been using successfully as far as I understand it (so they must be decent forgeries). Everything else in his possession seemed to be bought locally, including a multi-tool and a diskette case, which has led to some speculation about a letter bomb.
The weird thing is how much of a mystery he is to the police. He has no record with Europol, nobody around here apparently has his prints. He speaks French fluently, English and German. He's been careful in not revealing anything while being questioned, has requested both Christian, Muslim, and Jewish literature and is claiming to be a vegetarian (they presented him with a meal containing pork). Further, he's been prepared enough to mask his identity to the point of filing down the S/N on his prosthesis, and changing his appearance radically - arriving with a beard, then shaving and changing clothes before going out again. And, of course, clamming up totally.
So, playing the armchair intelligence analyst: He appears so prepared that it's unlikely he's doing this with no training and outside help. It's not something I know a lot about, though, and of course he's not more of a super-spy than to mess up with the explosive.
Thoughts?