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The Secret Bombing of Roberto Iela

On august fifteenth, two thousand 11, 30 days after roberto iela's death, investigators received in the mail this hand drawn picture of a bomb. The device, as shown in the diagram, was a two inch pipe bomb placed next to a one leter soda bottle full of gasoline spray painted black. A large bolt tied off with a fishing line, and acting as a drop weight, would fall on a rat trap, causing it to strike a firing pin,. kind of like a rue golberg device. Author also said there was a second secret triggering device as back up.

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