Controlled explosion at the home of detained for the shooting of Colorado

Police have conducted a controlled detonation inside the apartment of the man accused of killing 12 people at the premiere 'The Dark Knight: The Legend Reborn' at a cinema in Aurora (Colorado), as reported by a Reuters correspondent. This explosion is part of the second phase of the police operation to allow access to the apartment of the man, James Holmes, 24, where various mechanisms have been located and booby traps. A bomb disposal robot has placed a tube known as "fire water" next to the pipe bomb before leaving the house. The tube was remotely detonated, causing the explosion. In the first phase of the operation was removed a detonating cord and an incendiary device, explained a police spokesman, Sgt Cassidee Carlson, told reporters. "This was placed detonating cord to detonate when someone came into the apartment to kill that person. Could have been a police officer during the execution of a search warrant. It is a serious issue with which our team is trying "he stated. But Carlson warned that there are other devices within the home. Dozens of federal, state and local work in the operation indicated.