Suspects held over Norway bomb

15th October 2011

Poland’s internal intelligence agency detained 19 people and searched 100 properties and vehicles across the country for evidence of the illegal sale and production of explosives as part of an investigation linked to the Anders Behring Breivik massacre in Norway.

Most of those arrested by the agency (ABW), were connected to a chemical retailer in Poznan whom Breivik had bought 15 metres of fuse chord from in November last year.

“We’re checking to make sure the products sold to customers were not used to make explosives,” said Magdalena Pazur-Prus, a spokeswoman for Poznan prosecutor’s office. The office also confirmed they had found explosives in the raids although if any of th ...