Muslims and Hardware [UPDATED]
Via Shawn Wasson, we’ve got grenades, nails, “Islamic literature,” and a 42-year-old Bosnian man who took off after he triggered the metal detector. Stand by for updates.
Update: The man seemed “very confused.”
Update: “‘There were a lot of nails in that bag. Had it exploded, it would have had an enormous shrapnel effect,’ Doris Edelbacher of Austria’s federal counterterrorism office told reporters.”
Nails packed in bombs…rings a bell.
UPDATE
CNN’s coverage of the story places my favorite detail at the absolute bottom:
Austrian authorities told the AP the bag also contained Islamic literature.
Explosives, hardware, and Islamic literature—threee great tastes that taste great together.