A MAN sparked a lockdown after claiming he had built a homemade bomb.
Christopher Scarr, 41, was snared with the device in a cupboard at the property in Glasgow's Springburn on April 17 2023. The Glasgow Times reported how residents were evacuated from the Petershill Road area.He stated:"They might force me into something I don't want to do."Officers raided his property and found a device made of three black tubes with orange wire twisted on to a black box.
"I have built a TRI factor bomb with black powder igniting the thermite and causing nitrogen high explosive all connected to three anti-personal percussion mines that are also friction activated. A nurse later found oxygen bottles in the cupboard and told Scarr not to administer them to Miss Stewart.Police then attended Scarr's home when a search was carried out.Scarr told officers that he was"happy" for them to search the property but said:"You are not going in the gas cupboard."
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