MLK Day parade bomb reconstruction

ID: 5418 ~ Source: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/mlk-parade-bomber ~ Creator: The FBI
This file appears in: 2011 MLK Parade Bomb Attempt

The FBI created six duplications of the bomb to test the destructive capabilities of the design. Upon detonation of one, an agent described it as "sobering" and claims that the bomb would have inflicted massive casualties on the parade viewers.

This file appears in: 2011 MLK Parade Bomb Attempt

By Josh Van Veldhuizen
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