Security alert on threat of human bombs

IS book explains ways to make types of explosive belts/vests, say police officers

Security agencies have issued an alert on the possibility of human bombs targeting vital installations or targeted individuals as part of an IS terror plot to eliminate enemies of jihad.

Acting on specific information that ‘Al-Saqri Foundation for Military Sciences’ had published a book in multiple languages on the ways and means of making explosive belts and vests, the alert was issued to intensify security arrangements at vantage points, sources in the intelligence agencies told The Hindu on Sunday.

The book titled The Mobile Bomb, released by “Al-Azm Media Foundation” associated with the IS, explains how various types of explosive belt/vests could be made with different chemicals. Besides explanatory content on the making of bombs, the book lays emphasis on ‘Media Jihad’.