Vladislav Miftakhov assembled the explosive device using instructions from the Internet.
The tranquility of the provincial American town of Altoona in the state of Pennsylvania with a population of only 46 thousand people was disturbed by a 19-year-old young man from Russia. Vladislav Miftakhov, that is the name of the Russian, was detained by the town’s police for creating an explosive device, which the police called a “weapon of mass destruction”. He also faces drug charges.
By the way, the terrorist Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who is awaiting trial for the detonation of homemade bombs at the Boston Marathon last April (three people were killed, more than two hundred were injured), is also charged with manufacturing weapons of mass destruction.
The explosive device was found in the suitcase of Miftakhov, a student at the Altoona branch of the University of Pennsylvania, while police were investigating a marijuana cultivation case. The cops initially expected to find a pot plantation at his home, but instead found a bomb, and next to it, “other materials necessary for the manufacture of an explosive device.” The Russian told investigators that he had purchased all the parts over the Internet over the past few weeks. But the police have not yet commented on his motives.
Miftakhov is now in custody at the Blair County Prison facility. He has already appeared in court, where he was set a bail amount of $500,000. It’s unlikely that anyone will be able to put up half a million for him, so it looks like the young man will be awaiting trial in jail.
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