600 lbs bomb was 'fully primed'

[KhornateMonkey]

Police have said that the bomb found at the border near Newry contained 600 pounds of explosives and was fully primed. The device, which had been placed in an abandoned van on the Fathom Line, was discovered on Thursday. It was made safe on Friday evening. Ch Supt Alasdair Robinson said the bomb was as twice as big as the bomb that exploded outside Newry courthouse two years ago. He said it could have caused death and massive destruction. He also rejected criticism that motorists had been able to drive past the bomb and said police had closed a main cross-border road in a very short time. The Fathom Line was closed for 24 hours while the police and Army dealt with the alert. Ulster Unionist MLA for the area, Danny Kennedy said if the bomb had exploded it would have caused serious destruction. "It had the potential to cause lethal damage. A 600 lbs device at the road side waiting for a police patrol. It is just unthinkable."

[JDC]

Who the hell would waste 600 pounds of explosives leaving it on a roadside where it has a higher chance of killing some random passerby (maybe even only one fatality, which is a waste of 600 pounds of bomb) than specialized law enforcement?

[Marcell]

Who the hell would waste 600 pounds of explosives leaving it on a roadside where it has a higher chance of killing some random passerby (maybe even only one fatality, which is a waste of 600 pounds of bomb) than specialized law enforcement?

You really think it was meant to be used there?
I bet it was either meant to be moved but the cops secured it too fast, or perhaps it was meant to blow up a motorcade for example