The Australian teenager who spent hours chained to a fake bomb says she is relieved that an arrest has been made in the case.

Madeleine Pulver spoke to reporters outside her Sydney home Wednesday, two weeks after a man carrying an aluminum baseball bat broke into her home and attached what he claimed to be bomb to her neck. The assailant warned the 18-year-old girl not to move and left instructions for paying a ransom.

Australian businessmen Paul “Doug” Peters was arrested Monday at his ex-wife's home in Louisville, Kentucky and charged in the case.

Pulver told reporters the incident is “all very surreal” and that she does not understand why she was targeted.

The teenager spent 10 hours chained to the device before a bomb squad managed to free her unharmed. The device was later found to contain no explosives.

The 50-year-old Peters appeared in a U.S. federal court Tuesday, where a judge ordered him to be detained until an extradition hearing October 14. Court papers say he once worked for a company that had ties to Pulver's father, a wealthy businessman.

A lawyer representing Peters says his client makes his living as an investment banker. He has worked in both Australia and the United States.

Peters' brother, Brent, told reporters Wednesday the accused man has neither the audacity nor technical capability to have carried out the plot.