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The type of explosives used by the attackers - who were wearing suicide vests - was TATP (triacetone triperoxide), according to the Paris prosecutor.

Sometimes referred to as “Mother of Satan”, TATP is a type of explosive that can be made with easily available chemicals that can be developed in a cost-effective, simple way. It’s also difficult to detect using police dogs and other conventional means.

Not surprisingly, it’s been a favoured choice of terrorists for some time. First developed by Palestinian bombers, it was used as a detonator in 2001 by the so-called ‘shoe bomber”, Richard Reid, a Briton who tried to blow up a transatlantic flight.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2015/nov/14/paris-terror-attacks-live-news-updates-isis-france