Australian authorities say Wednesday’s bizarre incident involving a collar bomb, a masked man and 18-year-old Madeleine Pulver was a “very serious attempted extortion.” The incident is currently under investigation and police have not named any suspects.
Pulver was in her parent’s home in the Sydney suburb of Mosman Wednesday night when a masked man entered and strapped a “collar bomb” around her neck. Pulver was freed by bomb experts after about 10 hours. It turns out the device did not contain any explosives.
"A very, very elaborate hoax as it turned out, but it was made and certainly gave the appearance of a legitimate improvised explosive device. We had to treat it seriously until we could prove otherwise and that's exactly what we did and that's why it took so long," said New South Wales assistant police commissioner Mark Murdoch.
A letter was attached to the device, but authorities have not released details on its contents.
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