
Case 24: Russell Street Bombing (Part 1)
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The Second Bombing in Victoria
The Victorian Police Special Operations Group were based at police headquarters. They quickly responded to the car near John Russell Street, helping to secure the area and carry the injured away from the blast zone. For these officers and other officers who were assisting, the threat of a second bomb was firmly in their mourns. It's a common tactic for a smaller explosion to go off, which attracts a lot of people into the area to help. Only then for a second, larger explosion to going off. What happened in the Russell Street bombing was that it didn't go off as clean. This meant there were still a lot of detonators and sticks of gel ignite present. And the bunker was up in flames
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