Posts Tagged ‘explosive devices’
Philly teen hoped to make bombs for terror group, planned LGBTQ parade attack, officials say
Law enforcement officials in Philadelphia, on Wednesday, provided an update to a case involving a teen boy who, officials claim, communicated with a group affiliated with Al-Qaeda and allegedly purchased materials online in an effort to obtain weapons of mass destruction. During an event on Wednesday morning, First Assistant District Attorney Robert Listenbee said Muhyyee-ud-din…
Read MoreExploding Hezbollah Pagers In Apparent Israeli Attack Made By Hungarian Company, Taiwanese Firm Says
A company based in Hungary was responsible for manufacturing the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria in an apparent Israeli operation targeting Hezbollah’s communications network, another firm whose brand was used on the devices said Wednesday. Pagers used by the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously a day earlier in Lebanon and Syria, killing at…
Read MoreFormer University of Chicago student charged with concealing bomb-making in dorm room
A college student has been charged with lying to authorities after triggering an explosion in his dorm room at the University of Chicago. The explosion happened in January 2023 on the sixth floor of a university building, authorities said. Authorities believe the former UChicago student Aram Brunson, a 21-year-old man from Massachusetts, is currently living…
Read MoreFBI discovered a DHS document describing improvised explosive devices during investigation of Trump’s would-be assassin
Among the documents Donald Trump’s would-be-assassin studied while formulating his plans for an attack on the former president was a public document from the Department of Homeland Security, describing different kinds of improvised explosive devices and the number of explosives needed to inflict casualties over certain distances, a senior law enforcement official told CNN. The…
Read MoreNew York man charged with weapon of mass destruction threat at Charleston, SC airport
A New York man and self-proclaimed internet “troll” was arrested Saturday at the Charleston International Airport for telling police he “had a bomb and a strap” in his possession, an incident report states. A “strap” is a slang term for a firearm. Thomas Anthony Brienza, 20, of Centereach, New York, was charged with possession or…
Read MoreATF and FBI assisting Columbus, OH fire in investigation into suspected pipe bomb explosion
A suspected pipe bomb exploded and set a parked pickup truck on fire Tuesday afternoon on Columbus’ South Side. No one was injured in the explosion and fire reported at 1:23 p.m. Tuesday behind a home on the 2300 block of South 6th Street, Columbus police said. The pickup was believed to be parked and…
Read MoreAlabama Man Pleads Guilty to Detonating an Explosive Device Outside of the Alabama Attorney General’s Office
Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, Alabama, pleaded guilty in federal court to the malicious use of an explosive device. “This defendant built a bomb using nails and screws as shrapnel and detonated it outside the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, endangering a public institution and members of the community,” said Attorney General Merrick B.…
Read MoreOregon man faces federal charges for making hoax bomb threats targeting Jewish hospitals and care centers across New York
An Oregon man who is accused of targeting several Jewish hospitals and care centers in New York City and Long Island with fake bomb threats was arrested on federal charges Tuesday, according to prosecutors. Domagoj Patkovic, 31, of Portland, Oregon, is charged with multiple counts of conspiring to make and making threats concerning explosives, conspiring…
Read MoreLas Vegas teenager plotted ISIS-inspired terror attack, built bombs in room: documents
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A teenager, Joshua Robles, accused of planning a terror attack in Las Vegas was allegedly building bombs in his room and may have been preparing to target a school, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Detectives tied the post back to Robles’ North Las Vegas residence, documents said,…
Read MoreMan Arrested for Explosives Threats and Attack on Energy Facility
Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen, 43, a Jordanian citizen residing in Orlando, Florida, is charged with four counts of threatening to use explosives and one count of destruction of an energy facility. At his detention hearing yesterday, Hnaihen was ordered detained pending trial. “We allege that the defendant threatened to carry out hate-fueled mass violence in…
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