Zwarte Schaap
15-10-03, 12:54
Jerusalem man held for alleged bomb lab
By Jonathan Lis
Police have arrested a Jewish Jerusalem resident suspected of running a bomb factory and selling the explosives. Hanan Yadgarov, 30, was arrested last week, and police on Monday found the explosives laboratory at his parents home in the northern suburb of Pisgat Ze'ev.
Police found explosives, a ready-to-use bomb and detonators, plus several bombs in various stages of preparation, the police spokesman said. They also found police uniforms and army camouflage.
Yadgarov was arrested after trying to sell a three-kilo bomb to an
undercover police officer for NIS 25,000. The policeman asked him if the bomb could also blow up a bus and he responded that it could, the
spokesman said.
Police believe that Yadgarov sold his explosives to criminals but are not ruling out the possibility that he planned to sell them to Palestinian militants as well. They believe that since he was willing to sell a bomb to an undercover officer who was an Arab, he might have supplied explosives to terrorists. The explosives found in his lab were of the type
generally used by the underworld and detonated by remote control.
Yadgarov appeared in court on Thursday and was remanded in custody. He immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union 13 years ago and
is married with two children. He had worked in recent few years in the pyrotechnics field and apparently gained experience in the use of
explosives, police say.
The investigation will be looking for any connection between his explosives and incidents in Jerusalem and elsewhere, whether criminal or terrorist, police say. Yadgarov is said to have admitted making bombs but refused to say where he obtained the raw materials.
Bron: www.haaretz.com 15/10/03
By Jonathan Lis
Police have arrested a Jewish Jerusalem resident suspected of running a bomb factory and selling the explosives. Hanan Yadgarov, 30, was arrested last week, and police on Monday found the explosives laboratory at his parents home in the northern suburb of Pisgat Ze'ev.
Police found explosives, a ready-to-use bomb and detonators, plus several bombs in various stages of preparation, the police spokesman said. They also found police uniforms and army camouflage.
Yadgarov was arrested after trying to sell a three-kilo bomb to an
undercover police officer for NIS 25,000. The policeman asked him if the bomb could also blow up a bus and he responded that it could, the
spokesman said.
Police believe that Yadgarov sold his explosives to criminals but are not ruling out the possibility that he planned to sell them to Palestinian militants as well. They believe that since he was willing to sell a bomb to an undercover officer who was an Arab, he might have supplied explosives to terrorists. The explosives found in his lab were of the type
generally used by the underworld and detonated by remote control.
Yadgarov appeared in court on Thursday and was remanded in custody. He immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union 13 years ago and
is married with two children. He had worked in recent few years in the pyrotechnics field and apparently gained experience in the use of
explosives, police say.
The investigation will be looking for any connection between his explosives and incidents in Jerusalem and elsewhere, whether criminal or terrorist, police say. Yadgarov is said to have admitted making bombs but refused to say where he obtained the raw materials.
Bron: www.haaretz.com 15/10/03