Bomb Found at Airport in Rome; 2 Detained
A police dog detected a bomb Tuesday in the false bottom of a suitcase carried by a man traveling on a Moroccan passport, authorities said.
Police said the bomb, weighing slightly more than seven pounds, was found in luggage belonging to Ben Kramy, 23, upon his arrival at Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport from Baghdad, Iraq. Kramy was held for questioning.
Police later picked up another man, identified only as Hammani, who traveled with Kramy on the same plane, also on a Moroccan passport.
They described the bomb as a mixture of lead and chemicals, roughly five times more powerful than TNT.
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