Teen detained for buying bomb chemicals

Finnish police said Thursday they detained an 18-year-old man for ordering ten kilograms of ammonium nitrate from Poland, which could be used to make explosives.

"Police took the 18-year-old into custody and on the same day (Wednesday) searched his home," police said in a statement, adding that they had confiscated materials "that were likely intended to be used in creating explosives."

Authorities said they did not believe his purchase was in any way connected to the recent events in Norway.
Police said the young man, who is suspected of "planning to violate general safety" told them he was only interested in making small firecracker-like explosives as a hobby.

His computer and mobile records are being searched for any contact with others who share his interest.

Anders Behring Breivik, a 32-year-old Norwegian who claimed responsibility for twin bomb and shooting attacks that killed 76 people in Norway Friday, had ordered from Poland chemical substances that can be used in bomb-making.

Polish authorities meanwhile are trying to establish if the company that sold Breivik the chemicals, Wroclaw-based Keten Chemicals, is guilty of a criminal offence.

Earlier Thursday Polish police said they arrested a 20-year-old man who made explosive devices using store-bought ingredients.

Police seized several substances from a makeshift laboratory at the man's home in Muszyna in the south of the country, including two assembled devices they said were "quite powerful".