Gang of girls 'blew up house with home-made bomb over row about boy

[UltraMonkeyX]

Gang of girls 'blew up house with home-made bomb over row about boy'
Last updated at 00:37am on 11th May 2008


A gang of teenage girls may have blown up a house with a home-made liquid bomb, which killed a man in a neighbouring property, after arguing with another girl about a love rival.

Purple liquid was poured through the letterbox of the Victorian house before the an explosion destroyed three houses.

Their intended victim, Charlotte Anderson, was caught in the blast and was rushed to intensive care suffering with severe burns.

Ten hours earlier Miss Anderson had phoned police to say a gang of girls aged 16 and 17 was causing trouble outside her home, in Harrow. They were directing abuse, about a boy, at Miss Anderson's ground floor flat.

Devastation: Three houses weer destroyed in the blast, and one man was killed

Witnesses said they saw someone pouring a "purple, smelly liquid" through the letterbox of the house.

Experts say the liquid could have vaporized and caused the explosion, which killed Emad Qureshi, 26, who was at home with his parents in a neighbouring house at the time of the blast.

He was crushed to death by falling rubble.

Miss Anderson was pulled from her wrecked flat by a neighbour and she was rushed to hospital, where her condition was described as "non life-threatening".

Explosion: The massive blast destroyed three houses

Scotland Yard launched a murder investigation and is hunting the girl gang.

A police source said the liquid could have been made using a "recipe" found on the internet

DCI Colin Sutton said: "Our major line of inquiry is that this liquid caused the explosion and that the explosion was an attempt to murder this young woman."

Police originally thought the devastating explosion had been caused by a gas leak, a theory which has now been played down.

DCI Sutton said: "We still haven't ruled out a gas explosion but experts say it is unlikely to be the cause. What we can say is that we are happy there is no link to any terrorist organisation or acts here.

"A strong line of inquiry for us at the moment is the dispute, this call at the address and of course the substance that was put through the letterbox."

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here is my contribution Dark

[Juvefc417]

man...there are some stupid people around.....

RIP Emad Qureshi

[DarkUmagon]

Its sad how they are happy that their is no link to terrorism...A guy died for christ sake.
This time they cant say it was a terrorist since some poor middle eastern dude died

[Tengux]

I keep saying it and no one believes me! Girls are nuts i tell you!!!

Anyway thats just crazy over nothing but a love rival... I really dont understand love...

[Reverse_Soul]

Wow I would've liked to see that O.O

RIP Emad Qureshi

[UltraMonkeyX]

wait he wasnt tha target just a casualty from tha blast .... i mean its bad but come on....

[Tengux]

Originally Posted by UltraMonkeyX

wait he wasnt tha target just a casualty from tha blast .... i mean its bad but come on....

Would have been worse if it was the target that died!!!!? Somebody was killed, yeah i don't think about people dieing on a daily basis but that guy was still killed.

[UltraMonkeyX]

yeah there is no denying that ...... just that if there is a middle eastern person involved dark seems to think its more important than if a person of another race had died

[DarkUmagon]

Originally Posted by UltraMonkeyX

yeah there is no denying that ...... just that if there is a middle eastern person involved dark seems to think its more important than if a person of another race had died

Im just saying that the guy was happy that they ruled out terrorism.

[Leiv]

relatively happy dark, because terrorism would me a possibility of more deaths. I'm sure he wasn't delighted