Roberts’ bomb had about 4kg of gelignite
PA ' ;. Wanganui The bomb which blew the self-styled anarchist, Neil Roberts, to pieces and wrecked, the foyer of the Wanganui Computer Centre, was made of gelignite, scien-tific-fests have proved. ThA : D.S.I.R. has concluded that - about 3kg to 4kg of explbsivp: was used in the blast, . about .12.30 a.m. on November 18. The/police are reluctant tobe. specific about the type of gelignite' used. ‘ Detective Senidr/Sergeant R. L. Butler, of Wanganui, said he would identify it only as an 1.C.1. variety.;? Roberts used /twice as muchmxplosive as originally.
estimated. . said SeniorSergeant Butler. It has also been ascertained that he used an electric detonator and a s’ix-volt battery. The $5.66 price label was found on a fragment of the battery that Roberts bought at a service station a few hours before he went to the computer centre. The make of gelignite and detonator enhanced the chances of tracking the source of the bomb material. Senior-Sergeant Butler said. The tests also revealed “that Roberts certainly did not have any expert knowledge on how to construct such a bomb.”
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