The attackers apparently used a remote-control detonator to set off explosives as a an anti-terrorism police unit vehicle passed the motorcycle, Huseyin Capkin, the Istanbul police chief, said in a televised statement.
Styles also felt that the potential bomb was unlikely to have been detonated with a remote detonator on account of the buildings between the scenes of the shootings and the likelihood that it would be drowned out by other radio signals in the area.
Along with an AK-47 assault rifle, the men had in their possession a remotely piloted aerial vehicle fitted with an explosive device and a remote detonator.
Mr. Tsvetanov also described an elaborate operation involving a remote detonator for the bomb and travel by the conspirators from Lebanon to Warsaw, Berlin and finally Bulgaria.
There was also CCTV of a man – left handed, similar in appearance and with the same sunglasses – appearing to push the button on a remote detonator, and mobile phone records placed Vantaggiato in the area, despite his initial claims that he was at his business as a reseller of liquefied natural gas for agricultural use.
The bomb struck a military convoy, and Mr. Khan said police investigators believe the explosion was caused by a car bomber rather than a roadside bomb with a remote detonator.
On April 11 , 2011 around 5 55 p.m., an explosive device packed with nails and metal balls, and wired to a remote detonator, blew up in a crowded subway station in central Minsk.
Even without explosives, a popular type of explosive device can be made from common household items including gasoline, a soda can and a plastic water bottle, with the innards of a cellphone as a remote detonator.
According to several media accounts, a motor scooter pulled up alongside Alperon's car and the rider attached a sophisticated explosive device with a remote detonator to the car door.
It is shown to contain a remote detonator and a laser.
