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AT APPROX. 0600Z, FRIDAY 01 APRIL, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE NOWZAD POLICE BROUGHT COMPONENTS OF AN IED TO A-CAMP PRICE. THE COMPONENTS CONSISTED OF A PRESSURE PLATE, AN AT MINE, AND AN IMPROVISED ELECTRIC CAP. WE WERE TOLD THAT THE DEVICE HAD PREMATURELY DETONATED, KILLING AT LEAST FOUR INDIVIDUALS EMPLACING IT. IT WOULD APPEAR THAT THESE PERSONS WERE EMPLACING MULTIPLE DEVICES, OR LINKED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. THE RECEIVER AND POWER SOURCE WERE NOT RECOVERED. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT MORE WERE INVOLVED AND THOSE WHO SURVIVED QUICKLY RECOVERED THOSE ITEMS AND FLED THE SCENE BEFORE LOCAL POLICE ARRIVED. EOD WAS NOTIFIED AND INSPECTED THE COMPONENTS. THE PRESSURE PLATE IS OF THE SAME STYLE BEING IMPROVISED IN THEATER, AND THE USE OF AN AT MINE IS ALSO NOT UNCOMMON. HOWEVER, THE IMPROVISED ELECTRIC CAP WAS INTERESTING. A CLEAR PLASTIC CAP CONTAINING A POWDERY WHITE SUBSTANCE AND A PURPLE POWDER SUBSTANCE. THE 18C WHO RECEIVED THE ITEMS INITIALLY TESTED THE POWDER SUBSTANCE WITH A MATCH. THE MATCH IGNITED THE POWDER CREATING A GOOD SNAP. THE POWDER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FAIRLY SENSITIVE, HOWEVER, ITS ABILITY TO PROPERLY INITIATE A SECONDARY EXPLOSIVE COULD NOT BE DISCERNED. THE CAP WAS DESIGNED TO EXPLODE BY AN ELECTRIC CHARGE PASSING THRU WHAT LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO A LIGHT OR LED ELEMENT. IT IS ASSUMED THAT RC WOULD ARM THE PRESSURE PLATE AS CF FORCES DREW NEAR.