Posts Tagged ‘explosive devices’
Package with vials of ‘explosive’ substance sent to Arizona Supreme Court building, officials say
Law enforcement officials responded to the Arizona Supreme Court building in downtown Phoenix on Monday to investigate a “suspicious package” sent to the building’s mail room. The package contained multiple vials and two of them held a substance that “tested positive for homemade explosives,” officials said. 12News has learned that the Arizona Supreme Court building…
Read MoreTwo dead and church gutted by fire in ‘unprecedented’ New Year’s violence in the Netherlands
At least two people were killed in the Netherlands in a string of violent incidents on New Year’s Eve that Dutch police are calling “unprecedented”. In the southeastern city of Nijmegen, a 17-year-old was killed in an incident involving fireworks shortly after midnight but police have given no further details. And in the town of…
Read MoreKCK church damaged by explosive device, congregation seeking answers
Members of a Kansas City, Kansas, church are picking up the pieces — quite literally — after someone intentionally shattered one of their windows with an explosive device early Sunday morning. The incident happened at Iglesia Cristiana Bethel Church of God in the Turner neighborhood at South 49th Street and Oak Grove Road around 12:30…
Read MoreSuspect accused of planting homemade explosive devices along trail in Denver area
The Cherry Hills Village Police Department operating on the southern side of the Denver metro area is asking the public for help in solving a case that has involved a male suspect allegedly placing homemade explosive devices along High Line Canal Trail. An initial post about the matter came on December 19, detailing that six…
Read MoreAlleged Jan. 6 pipe bomber said he wasn’t targeting Congress’ certification of Biden’s victory: DOJ
The Virginia man arrested and charged with placing pipe bombs outside of the Republican and Democratic National Committees the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol told investigators in a lengthy confession that he wasn’t targeting the joint session of Congress that was convening to certify former President Joe Biden’s election…
Read MoreFBI: Nashville Christmas Day bomber wanted explosion to break ‘reincarnation loop’
The lead FBI agent who investigated the Christmas Day 2020 bombing is speaking publicly for the first time about Anthony Warner’s motives, revealing the bomber’s reason for setting off the suicide bomb on 2nd Avenue and his desire to break what he called a “reincarnation loop.” FBI Agent Tammi Laskowski told WSMV4 Investigates Warner chose…
Read More3 killed in knife attack after train station smoke bombed in Taiwan, suspect plunges to his death from department store
A man with a knife and a smoke grenade attacked crowds indiscriminately in Taiwan’s capital on Friday evening, killing at least three people and injuring nine others, according to the national news agency and the city government. The suspect later fell to his death from a department store building. Police said the suspect was declared…
Read MoreBondi terror suspects threw unexploded bombs at crowd and practiced shooting ahead of attack, document reveals
The father and son accused of carrying out Australia’s worst terror attack undertook firearms training at an undisclosed location in the countryside, according to a statement of alleged facts released by a magistrate Monday. The court document, which contains redactions, includes images from a video of Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24,…
Read MoreCar bomb kills Russian general in Moscow, investigators say
A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been behind the attack. The bomb exploded under the Kia Sorento car driven by Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff’s army operational training directorate, as…
Read MoreVan Buren County man found guilty of terrorism, assault after pipe bombs thrown at police
A Van Buren County man accused of throwing pipe bombs at police on July 4 has been found guilty of 18 charges, according to the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office. Morgan Parish, 58, was arrested after deputies said he detonated explosive devices as officers attempted to take him into custody in Kendall, Mich. He was…
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