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"Police are interviewing several teens reportedly involved in planting acid bombs in a Northeast Albuquerque neighborhood.The devices can be very\u00A0dangerous.In Cypress, Texas, surveillance cameras caught a teen planting an acid bomb and leaving it on a stranger's front porch.\u00A0Within seconds, it exploded.Texas authorities arrested three men in connection with the prank.\u00A0\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0\"Kids think they're harmless pranks,\" said Sgt. Carlos Gallegos.\u00A0 \"But what they don't realize is anytime they mix two volatile chemicals and contain them inside a bottle, it's dangerous.\"Gallegos is with APD's Bomb Squad.He said pranksters can turn a simple plastic bottle into a dangerous device.\"It's usually a release of hydrogen gas,\" he said.The gases build up, which causes the bottle to burst.\"If it's inhaled, by anybody, it can cause severe damage to their lungs,\" he explained.Not to mention the acid itself can burn anyone and anything around it.But there is more.It could also turn a bottle cap into something as dangerous as a bullet.\"The gas builds up, and it sends the projectile away the same as a firearm shoots a bullet.\"Gallegos said he once saw a child get severely hurt.\"The kids were playing with it, it went off and the cap flew directly towards the kid and struck him in the forehead causing severe injuries and sent him to the hospital,\" he said.Right now, APD is trying to get to the bottom of a case where several were found in the Tanoan area a few weekends ago.No suspects have been identified.Police also said sometimes the bottle doesn't explode within seconds, and if you happen to see a suspicious bottle do not touch it.Instead, call 505-242-COPS."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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