1. According to this article, a congressman confirmed to @AP that the explosive used in Manchester was TATP. https://t.co/daVo28bpQW
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 2. TATP, or triacetone triperoxide, has become ISIS' signature explosive for attacks in Europe. The 1st attempt was in Cannes in early 2014
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 3. That thwarted attack by French ISIS member Ibrahim Boudina involved packing TATP into three Red Bull soda cans: https://t.co/wDVq91xJp4
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 4. Among his belongings, police recovered a USB stick with a TATP manual in French decorated with the ISIS flag. He brought it from Syria
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 5. It dates to at least 2013, pre-declaration of caliphate. Because it was written in French it suggests they wanted to educate Fr speakers
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 6. A thwarted ISIS plot in the Belgian town of Verviers in the first weeks of 2015 found the precursor ingredients used to make TATP
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 7. That plot was orchestrated by Abdelhamid Abaaoud who fled to Syria and then re infiltrates Europe to carry out the Nov 2015 Paris attacks
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 8. TATP had been sewn into the suicide belts of the Stade de France and Bataclan attackers and into the 1 used to bomb Comptoir Voltaire
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 9. A few months later in Brussels, it was again TATP that was packed into the suitcase bombs that ripped through the airport and metro
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
@AP 10. Numerous foiled ISIS plots since then also relied on TATP
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) May 25, 2017
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