A man obsessed with Icelandic pop singer Bjork mailed a book booby-trapped with an acid spray to her London home, then killed himself on videotape while listening to one of her songs, police said.
The device, designed to squirt sulfuric acid when the book was opened, never reached Bjork Gudmonsdottir because police found the body of Richard Lopez and uncovered his plot before the mail was picked up.Scotland Yard, tipped off by Florida police, intercepted the package at a London post office and destroyed it Tuesday.
Lopez, 21, videotaped himself explaining why he wanted to harm Bjork before he killed himself Thursday, police said.
"He admits to being obsessed with her, alludes to her having a relationship with a black man," Hollywood police spokesman Todd DeAngelis said Tuesday. "And in his words, that was unacceptable."
The propellant could have caused burns, disfiguration or even death, DeAngelis said.