Posts Tagged ‘explosive devices’
Senior Russian naval officer killed in car bomb hit claimed by Kyiv
A bomb planted under a car blew up and killed a Russian serviceman in the occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol on Wednesday in what a Kyiv security source told NBC News was a Ukrainian hit on a senior naval official accused of war crimes. Russia’s Investigative Committee, which handles probes into serious crimes, said in…
Read MoreNorth Merrick man indicted for terrorism over alleged plotted Uniondale attack
A North Merrick man was indicted for terrorism and a slew of other charges on Nov. 13 after allegedly plotting to attack the Nassau County Department of Social Services building in Uniondale, District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced. James Luca, 46, allegedly attempted to detonate a homemade bomb he placed at the front doors of the…
Read MoreExplosives and timer found on suspect’s body after attack on Brazil’s top court
A man killed himself while detonating explosives after trying to enter Brazil’s Supreme Court, authorities said Wednesday, in an attack on the political heart of the country that prompted the evacuation of court staff and legislators in the capital Brasilia. Officers found explosives and a timer attached to the man’s body and are conducting an…
Read MoreMan arrested for breaking into ex’s home with a bomb
A man was in custody on Wednesday night for breaking into his ex girlfriend’s house with a bomb. On Wednesday, police arrested Andrew Ervin Romack after Maryland State troopers found a homemade explosive device at his ex’s house. According to police, Romack broke into the woman’s house on Monday just after 1 a.m. When officers…
Read MoreCharges: Alleged ‘sovereign citizen’ arrested with pipe bombs in vehicle in Oak Park Heights
A man arrested by Oak Park Heights police during a traffic stop early Saturday who had pipe bombs in his Chevrolet Trailblazer and told police he identified as a “sovereign citizen” has been charged in Washington County District Court. Wayne R. Lund, 46, of East Bethel, is facing felony charges of possession of an explosive/incendiary…
Read MoreMan Arrested and Charged with Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction and to Destroy an Energy Facility in Nashville
Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested by federal agents and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility. “As charged, Skyler Philippi believed he was moments away from launching an attack on a Nashville energy facility to further his violent white supremacist ideology –…
Read MoreGeorgia Poll Worker Arrested for Making Bomb Threat to Election Workers
A Georgia poll worker was arrested today for mailing a letter to the Jones County Elections Superintendent threatening poll workers. According to the criminal complaint, Nicholas Wimbish, 25, of Milledgeville, Georgia, was serving as a poll worker at the Jones County Elections Office on Oct. 16 when he allegedly had a verbal altercation with a…
Read MoreGreek anti-terrorism police accuse three over Athens apartment blast
Greece’s anti-terrorism unit has accused three people of participating in a terrorist group, following a bomb explosion which killed a 36-year-old man and seriously hurt a woman in an apartment in Athens this week, police said on Saturday. Anti-terrorism police suspect the case is linked to anti-establishment guerrilla groups and the blast occurred while the…
Read MoreGreek police say fatal Athens apartment blast was likely caused by improvised bomb
Greek police said Friday that an explosion in an Athens apartment that killed a man and severely wounded a woman appeared to have been caused by an improvised bomb. Police searching the wrecked apartment seized two handguns and ammunition, authorities said in a statement, as well as mobile phones and other “digital evidence.” The statement…
Read MoreTampa man who placed 2 explosive devices at Seminole Hard Rock Casino arrested, officials say
A man was arrested following a joint explosive device investigation from last month’s Seminole Hard Rock Casino evacuation, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. On Sept. 30, the casino was evacuated twice within a 12-hour period after suspicious devices were found in the men’s bathroom. Police described it as a “crude concealed device…
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