The Mosman bomb hoax took place in the Sydney suburb of Mosman, New South Wales, Australia on 3 August 2011. An apparent collar bomb was placed around the neck of 18-year-old schoolgirl Madeleine Pulver[1] by a balaclava-clad home intruder.[2] The dummy device was of such sophistication that it took the Police Rescue Bomb & Disposal Unit almost ten hours to ascertain that it indeed was not an explosive device, and then to dismantle and remove it, in part with the telephoned assistance of a British Army major who was in Australia for training.[3] The incident, which attracted media attention worldwide,[4] is being treated as an extortion investigation.[5] [6]
Paul Douglas Peters, a man with no direct links to the victim or her family, was arrested in Kentucky after leaving Australia a few days after the incident. Police are unsure of motive, but are not looking for other suspects.[7]