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FBI seizes one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives in its history

Prosecutors wrote: ‘Several additional apparent pipe bombs were found in a backpack in the home’s bedroom, completely unsecured,’ in the home he shares with his wife and two young children.
Prosecutors wrote: ‘Several additional apparent pipe bombs were found in a backpack in the home’s bedroom, completely unsecured,’ in the home he shares with his wife and two young children. Photograph: José Luis Magaña/AP

Federal agents in the US found one of the largest stockpiles of homemade explosives they have ever seized when they arrested a Virginia man on a firearms charge last month, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors.

Investigators seized more than 150 pipe bombs and other homemade devices when they searched the home of Brad Spafford north-west of Norfolk in December, the prosecutors said in a motion filed on Monday.

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