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Coventina

(27,760 posts) Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:49 PM 22 hrs ago

Peoria teen arrested, accused of plotting attack at Phoenix Pride Festival

PEORIA, AZ — A 17-year-old male has been arrested on charges of terrorism over alleged plans to attack the Phoenix Pride Festival last weekend.

The FBI, Buckeye and Glendale police departments arrested 17-year-old Marvin Jalo of Peoria following an investigation.

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced that on October 16, just a few days before the festival, Jalo was indicted by a grand jury after authorities learned he acquired materials to make an explosive device.

During an investigation, detectives found that between November 1, 2023, and May 31, 2024, Jalo chatted online about supplies necessary to make an improvised explosive device and then had those supplies shipped to him.

He also talked about his intent to make TATP (triacetone triperoxide), an unstable explosive that could propel shrapnel and other dangerous items outward, causing serious injury or death to people in the area, MCAO announced.

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/valley-teen-arrested-for-alleged-terroristic-threats-toward-phoenix-pride-festival

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Glad they nabbed him!!

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Peoria teen arrested, accused of plotting attack at Phoenix Pride Festival (Original Post) Coventina 22 hrs ago OP

mother of satan... highly unstable, easy to make, and 80 percent of equivalent TNT lapfog_1 22 hrs ago #1

And just think a teenage boy wanted to make an IED MagickMuffin 21 hrs ago #2

he was lucky he didn't blow up himself and his family - n/t lapfog_1 21 hrs ago #3

lapfog_1

(29,905 posts)

1. mother of satan... highly unstable, easy to make, and 80 percent of equivalent TNT

Reply to Coventina (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2024, 05:57 PM

22 hrs ago

The chemical TATP belongs to a group of molecules named peroxides, which contain weak and unstable oxygen-oxygen bonds, and that are not found in TNT. This means that TATP is a lot less stable and more prone to spontaneously exploding.

TATP is also known as the “mother of satan” and with good reason – its explosions are known to be about 80% as strong as TNT, but the substance is much harder to handle. A firm shock or knock is enough to trigger an explosion, which means it’s quite easy to accidentally blow yourself up in the process of making it – and good reason to evacuate your chemistry department if it is accidentally made.

TATP. Spatula Tzar/commonswiki
TATP has also received a lot of media attention because it is easy to make and has been regularly used in improvised explosive devices (IEDs) associated with terror attacks such as the London 7/7 bombings in 2005.

MagickMuffin

(16,989 posts)

2. And just think a teenage boy wanted to make an IED

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:21 PM

21 hrs ago

Thank goodness for the observers that tracked this menace to society!

Seventeen and so full of hate he doesn’t care who he harms or the damage it causes.

Lock him up!

lapfog_1

(29,905 posts)

3. he was lucky he didn't blow up himself and his family - n/t

Reply to MagickMuffin (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 23, 2024, 06:25 PM

21 hrs ago

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