Posts Tagged ‘explosive devices’
Suspect arrested after improvised explosive device explosion Monday in Odessa, Missouri
A suspect is in custody following an explosion Monday in Odessa, Missouri, caused by an improvised explosive device. On Monday morning, first responders were dispatched to the 200 block of E. Otway Street in Odessa on reports of a natural gas explosion. Officials from the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s Office and Spire, Inc. responded and…
Read MoreMan arrested for arson after driving exploding van into Everett Police parking lot
A man is accused of intentionally setting his own van on fire outside an Everett police precinct Tuesday night, triggering an explosion that authorities say posed a significant danger to officers and the public. The EPD said the incident happened at about 9:15 p.m. at the South Precinct, 1121 SE Everett Mall Way. An officer…
Read MoreNew details emerge about driver who crashed into Multnomah Athletic Club, family speaks out
Days after investigators say 49-year-old Bruce Whitman drove a car filled with explosives into the Multnomah Athletic Club, the Portland Police Bureau is releasing new details about its prior contacts with him. Rita Lenzer confirmed that her son, 49-year-old Bruce Whitman, was the man who drove a car full of explosives into the Multnomah Athletic…
Read MoreDriver dead, Multnomah Athletic Club closed after vehicle with ‘explosive devices’ crashes into building
One person was found dead inside a vehicle that crashed through the front entrance of the Multnomah Athletic Club early Saturday, authorities said. Federal and local law enforcement said they believe the incident was isolated. At a news conference Saturday afternoon, Portland Police Bureau Assistant Chief James Crooker said that around 2:49 a.m. Saturday, Multnomah…
Read MoreSuspect believed dead after South Ozone Park home intentionally blown up in gas-fed fire: police
A suspect is believed to be dead after a house collapsed in a 5-alarm gas-fed fire in South Ozone Park, Queens, that appears to have started as a domestic dispute. The house on 130th Street exploded in a roar of flames just before 3 a.m. Thursday. Police officers had responded to a 911 call of…
Read MoreMan arrested after Dunmurry car bomb attack and New IRA issues threat to witnesses
A man has been arrested following a car bomb attack outside Dunmurry police station on Saturday. Police said the arrest by the Terrorism Investigation Unit followed searches this morning. The 66-year-old man was arrested in the Dunmurry area. Police have said a number of searches are ongoing in both east Belfast and west Belfast. A…
Read MoreNew IRA linked to car bomb outside police station in Northern Ireland
Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday morning that the New IRA is believed to have been involved in a car bombing near a police station in Belfast. Detectives are treating a car bombing outside a police station in the Dunmurry area of outer Belfast as an attempted murder, and said called it a miracle that…
Read MoreIran behind low-level ‘hybrid warfare’ attacks in UK and Europe, analysts say
Iranian intelligence services and Revolutionary Guards operatives are recruiting teenagers through criminal intermediaries to launch a wave of low-level “hybrid warfare” attacks in Europe and the UK, according to investigators, security officials, analysts and police documents. A first wave of attacks was launched in early March, 10 days after the US and Israel began strikes…
Read MoreISIS-inspired suspects in bombing attempt on New York mayor’s home plead not guilty to federal charges
Two men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they brought homemade bombs to an anti-Islam protest outside the New York City’s mayor’s home in a failed attempt at a terror attack inspired by the Islamic State group. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, entered the pleas during a brief appearance in federal court in…
Read MoreD.C. pipe bomb suspect, Brian Cole Jr., hit with 2 new charges
The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside of the Republican and Democratic National Committee headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot now faces two additional felony charges, according to a superseding indictment made public Wednesday. Brian Cole Jr. was arrested and charged in December with transporting and planting the two IEDs…
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