Mail bombs were wired to cell phones, timers and power supplies

Details are surfacing on Friday's Friday's bomb plot where explosives-filled packages were mailed to Chicago-area synagogues and found aboard cargo jets. NY1 reports.

... Investigators say the bombs were wired to cell phones, timers and power supplies. It's still unclear whether the explosives could have gone off while the planes were in the air or when the packages were in the U.S.

British officials believe the device found in England was intended to detonate aboard the plane, and was powerful enough to take it down.

Read full article. Image from Times Union.

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emily | 6:36 PM | Cell Phones used by Terrorists |
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