Attacker from Iasi "is not in SRI database"

The former student at the Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" from Iasi, who detonated an improvised explosive device Monday in an amphitheater where an exam was held, is not in the database of the Romanian Intelligence Service as related to affiliates of terrorist organizations.

According to the existing records in the Psychiatric Hospital Socola, the schizophrenic young man was hospitalized nine times for specialized treatment.

The explosive device was defused by the employees of the Pyrotechnic Service from Police Iasi and their colleagues at SRI in Bucharest and Iasi.

The bomb was an unused missile, caliber 100 mm, from the World War II.

Bomber Stan Oliver, former student of the Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology Telecommunication was hospitalized several times at the neuro-psychiatric Socola Hospital in Iasi.

He suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. Since 2010, he left Iasi, discontinued the treatment and feels marginalized.

The activity at the Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" from the building A resumed at around 3:30 p.m.

In the building were not found other explosives, despite Stan Oliver’s statements. The final exams suspended Monday will be held in a week.

Attack at the university during an exam

An explosion occurred Monday morning in a classroom at the Faculty of Telecommunications of the Technical University "Gheorghe Asachi" during the graduation exam.

A man came into the building with two explosive devices, which he threatened he will detonate.

Dean of the Faculty, Bogdan Ion, who was in the room where the man came in, said he discussed with him and tried to persuade him not to implement his threats, telling to take him as hostage, but the man said he has nothing to discuss, and he wants the cops to discuss with.

According to students, the attacker would have accidentally detonated one explosive device he had.

Some students used the opportunity and jumped on the attacker, immobilizing him. He was then taken over by the police.

The second explosive device was dismantled by police.

The entire area was isolated by policemen and gendarmes and the tram stop outside the university was moved to a distance of several tens of meters.

Translated by Alexandra-Diana Mircea