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DIY Explosives Experimenter Blows Self Up, Contaminates Building (fdlreporter.com)

Long-time Slashdot reader hey! writes: Benjamin D. Morrison of Beaver Dam Wisconsin was killed on March 5 while synthesizing explosives in his apartment... The accident has left the apartment building so contaminated that it will be demolished in a controlled burn, and residents are not being allowed in to retrieve any of their belongings.
It was just five years ago that Morrison graduated from Pensacola Christian College in Florida with a degree in pre-pharmacy and minors in chemistry and math. Though a local reverend believes 28-year-old Morrison was "not a bomb maker," USA Today's site FDL Reporter notes that "Officials assume he was making bombs that accidentally exploded and killed him... They have not publicly disclosed what chemicals were in apartment 11 where Morrow lived, only describing them as 'extremely volatile and unstable explosives.'"

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  1. Florida man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    strikes again.

    1. Re: Florida man by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

      At least he went out with a bang. ;)

      I'll be here all day folks, please tip your techs, they live off tips. Thanks.

  2. Thoughts and Prayers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm helping by keeping them in my thoughts and prayers.

    Everyone should help in this matter by doing this.

    This is the most helpful thing that can be done.

  3. "He was a quiet man. Kept to himself..." by stevegee58 · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...until he blew himself up.

  4. Re:Offended or not? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Manufacturing explosives in an apartment building is not.

    Because there is a risk of losing arms, and that would violate people's right to keep their arms, right?

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    Ezekiel 23:20