TATP has been used in bomb and suicide attacks and in improvised explosive devices , including the London bombings on 7 July 2005 , where four suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured more than 700 . It was one of the explosives used by the " shoe bomber " Richard Reid in his 2001 failed shoe bomb attempt and was used by the suicide bombers in the November 2015 Paris attacks , 2016 Brussels bombings , Manchester Arena bombing , June 2017 Brussels attack , Parsons Green bombing , the Surabaya bombings , and the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings . Hong Kong police claim to have found 2 kg of TATP among weapons and protest materials in July 2019 , when mass protests were taking place against a proposed law allowing extradition to mainland China
Manchester Arena bombing
Manchester Arena bombing
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