Posts Tagged ‘explosive devices’
Army soldier’s explosion linked to PTSD, not terrorism, say detectives
Detectives have revealed new details in the case of the 37-year-old active U.S. Army soldier, Mathew Livelsberger suggesting a possible motive behind a New Year’s Day explosion. Livelsberger reportedly left written grievances before the incident. “What you can tell by looking at this is that PTSD forms a highly decorated United States currently serving military…
Read MoreFBI releases new video of a suspect planting a pipe bomb near DNC offices on eve of the Capitol riot
A harrowing chapter in American history remains shrouded in mystery: Who planted pipe bombs outside offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in Washington on the eve of the attack on the Capitol? Hoping to generate new tips from the public, the FBI is releasing more information about its pipe bomb investigation, including an…
Read MoreBomb threat shuts down I-85 in South Carolina, suspect arrested
A man from Illinois was arrested after a bomb threat investigation shut down I-85 in both directions near Greenville, South Carolina, on Thursday. A South Carolina Transport Police officer conducted a traffic stop on a tractor-trailer around 2:45 p.m. near Exit 44 for a missing license plate, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The…
Read MorePayette police find explosive device and suspect thanks to footprints in snow
Footprints in the snow led to the discovery of an explosive device in Payette, said officials on Thursday. The Payette Police Department responded to a call on Jan. 1, at roughly 6 a.m., about a suspicious person trying to light something on fire in the 600 block of North 8th Street, Chief of Police Gary…
Read MoreMan Shot Himself In Head Before Cybertruck Exploded Outside Trump’s Las Vegas Hotel, Officials Say
The highly decorated Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the explosion and likely planned to cause more damage but the explosive was rudimentary and the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force, officials said Thursday. Clark County Sheriff…
Read MoreTesla Cybertruck explosion outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas investigated as possible act of terrorism
A Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside the Trump Towers in Las Vegas early Wednesday, killing one person in the vehicle, is being investigated as a possible act of terrorism, according to law enforcement. Investigators do not believe there’s “any other danger to the community right now,” FBI agent Jeremy Schwartz said at a news conference…
Read MoreVirginia man arrested as agents find largest cache of ‘finished explosive devices’ in FBI history
A Virginia man was arrested after federal authorities found a cache of homemade explosive devices, some of which were marked as “lethal,” at his home, marking the largest seizure of finished explosive devices in FBI history, officials said. Authorities took Brad Spafford into custody Dec. 17 at a farm in Smithfield, about 29 miles northwest…
Read MoreExplosion kills 2 Mexican soldiers in suspected booby trap by drug cartel after troops found dismembered bodies
An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico’s defense secretary said Tuesday. Before the blast, the soldiers had discovered the dismembered bodies of three people, officials said. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla acknowledged that the army had already suffered six deaths from such improvised explosive devices,…
Read MoreRussia detains Uzbek man over general’s killing in Moscow
Russia’s security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of senior general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow. Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when an explosive device hidden in a scooter was…
Read MoreStillwater man told Minnesota police, FBI that his homemade explosives were for rocket hobby
A 46-year-old Stillwater man found with a trove of homemade explosives and hundreds of rounds of high-powered ammunition is part of an anti-government movement and claimed to authorities that he was not subject to certain criminal laws, according to the FBI. Wayne Robert Lund, indicted by a grand jury on multiple weapons charges this week,…
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