Police in Sydney, Australia are attempting to defuse a suspected "collar bomb" strapped to an 18-year-old High School girl at her home.
The device was reportedly attached to the woman by a man who had entered the house Wednesday afternoon local time, although this was not confirmed.
Bomb squad members are attempting to diffuse the device at a multi-million dollar Mansion in the wealthy Sydney suburb of Mosman.
The teenager is reported to be the daughter of a wealthy Sydney businessman.
Local media said a "ransom note" was also found at the scene.
Police have evacuated people up to 300 meters on Burrawong Avenue, where a number of rich and famous Australians live, including sports starts and local celebrities.
At the scene, the New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner said: “While the very delicate operation continues at the house with the bomb squad officers, highly-skilled investigators have been working behind the scenes since the incident was first reported."
“Given the nature of the incident, I am sure you can all appreciate we need to keep the cards very close to our chest.
“The 18-year-old woman is being supported by specialist police inside the home and her parents are being kept fully up-to-date.”
The incident is bizarre and horrifying, with the news shocking the entire city.
The case is similar to a mysterious collar bomb robber incident in 2003 in the US where a man had a bomb device strapped to him and was forced to rob a bank.
The man was eventually stopped by police where a stand off ensued. After negotiations took place for some time the bomb went off around the man's neck, killing him.
Two people, Diehl-Armstrong and Barnes, were later charged and convicted of carrying out the bizarre crime.
Upcoming Hollywood movie '30 Minutes or Less' is loosely based on that incident.
In the year 2000 an explosive placed around a woman's neck detonated in Colombia, killing her and wounding a specialist soldier trying to diffuse it.
The AP reported at the time: "Just before dawn, four men burst into her home on a farm outside town, placed the collar around her neck, and told her they would detonate it at 3 p.m. if she failed to pay them $7,500.
A technician was working on the explosive-packed collar when the device went off at about 1pm."
FARC rebels have also reportedly used the tactic for extortion previously.
The Sydney incident was first reported around 3pm in the afternoon Sydney time. Media crews and a large emergency service contingent remain just outside the mansion in the Sydney northern beaches suburb.
Fire and rescue crews, ambulances, traffic police, bomb squad members, detectives and other officials remain on sight late into the night Wednesday local time.
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