Mosman Bomb Threat: Madeleine Pulver Strapped with Bomb

Suspected Bomb Strapped to 18-year-Old Madeleine Pulver in Mosman, Sydney

An 18-year-old schoolgirl named Madeleine Pulver called police to her home in Mosman, North Sydney, Australia. She said that a balaclava-clad man broke in and attached a bomb around her neck.

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Police, including negotiators and bomb-disposal experts, converged on the house. After hours, the device has been removed and the young woman is safe.

As the bomb disposal crew tried to remove the suspected suicide bomb from around  Madeleine Pulver's neck, the exact nature of the device was unknown. (The girl's name was not released for most of the bomb-scare ordeal; SMH identified her as Madeleine Pulver).

The Mosman home is now being searched. One line of police inquiry is that the Mosman bomb scare was part of an extortion threat. Throughout the ten-hour ordeal, the teen girl is reported to have kept her cool.

• Mosman Map: Sydney North Shore
  

Also see: Who is Madeleine Pulver?