by KYW's Brad Segall
Horsham police in Pennsylvania are warning township residents about kids who are putting a homemade explosive in mailboxes. And the explosive is made out of materials that can be found in most homes.
A woman was walking near a mailbox on Thornton Road near Jennifer Road on Saturday when it exploded, blowing off the door. She wasn’t hurt, but police are warning residents about the “works bomb.”
Detective Robert Waeltz says it’s made out of toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil placed in a plastic bottle:
"The tin foil and the toilet bowl cleaner create a gas. They then put the lid on the bottle, and it will eventually explode.”
Similar mailbox incidents have been reported in Upper Moreland and Warminster townships, and Waeltz says the same bombs have been found in Horsham before, in wooded areas.
He says police are aggressively investigating, and they will prosecute the case if the vandals are found.
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