Originally Posted by phiggsbroadband
Has there been any official report yet of the nature of the device?
Any official report is likely in the future, but the Wall Street Journal today posted an article asserting that "a Western diplomat, said the investigators had found TNT residue on the remains of the man"
WSJ article
Allowing for some corruption of detail as this got passed along, I, personally, think it likely that someone really has found residue of some type of expected explosive on the deceased's remains, but somewhat doubt it was exactly TNT, which would be a bit surprising in this application.
WSJ, which actually runs pretty capable news gathering, and is pretty careful about accuracy (whatever you think of the politics of the editorial page and the other practices of the owner) is definitely taking the stance that people close to the investigation think it was a bomb (as in an intentional one--not some sort of laptop battery brewup).
So do I.