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Twins Arrested for Blowing Up Buildings

Pennsylvania brothers “made IEDs” on winter break.

While on winter break from college, a set of twin brothers blew up several small buildings in Pennsylvania with explosives, officials said. Daniel and Caleb Tate, 22, were charged Tuesday with arson by explosion, arson by possession of explosive devices, conspiracy, and theft in suburban Philadelphia. They allegedly made the bombs from propane canisters and metal pipes. No one was wounded in the incidents. Daniel is a student at Pepperdine University; his brother attends Belmont University. “We live in a world where the thought of bombs exploding around us is a very real fear,” said Chester County District Attorney Tom Hogan said. “These defendants brought that fear to our region during a two-week crime spree where they detonated multiple IEDs.”