330 Pounds of Chemical Used in Bombs Is Stolen
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From Times Wire Reports
About 330 pounds of ammonium nitrate, which can be used as fertilizer or in explosives, was reported stolen from a business in central Texas.
The chemicals were taken from behind a fenced area at Austin Powder Co. in Georgetown sometime after midnight, said FBI Special Agent Darren Holmes. There was no sign of forced entry, he said.
Ammonium nitrate is typically used by farmers, lawn care companies and consumers. It was also used in the bomb that destroyed the Oklahoma City federal building and killed 168 people in 1995.
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