By Coconuts Hong Kong October 29, 2014 / 15:51 HKT
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A teenage boy with a history of mental illness entered Aberdeen Police Station last night at 7pm, threatening to blow it up with homemade explosives as he didn’t want to live any longer.
The 15-year-old was said to be carrying a lighter and a box containing five test tubes of triacetone triperoxide (TATP), a primary high explosive susceptible to heat. The boy said he was going to let off the explosive because “he did not want to live any longer”, reports the SCMP.
He was later taken to his home at Wah On House on the Wah Fu Estate in Southern District, where officers found numerous other suspected explosives. Dozens of residents were evacuated as the haul was destroyed by bomb disposal officers.
Police have not revealed the boy’s identity, but he apparently told officers he learnt how to make bombs through books.
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