Posts Tagged ‘public health & medicine’
Bomb threat forces lockdowns at 2 Springfield hospitals; nothing found during investigation
A bomb threat forced two Springfield area hospitals to lock down early Saturday morning. News Center 7 first reported that Kettering Health Springfield went into lockdown this morning after receiving information regarding a bomb threat. Now, Mercy Health-Springfield Regional Medical Center officials say they also received reports of a bomb threat Saturday morning and were…
Read MoreSandy man arrested after alleged bomb threat and damaging over 50 cars, police say
A Sandy man was arrested Monday night after police say went through the parking area of the Huntsman Mental Health Institute and damaged numerous vehicles. Officers located 54 damaged vehicles as of midday Tuesday and were still counting, said University of Utah Police Capt. Brian Lohrke. The damage on each vehicle ranges from smashed windows…
Read MoreLetter ‘laced with the plague’ sent to France’s interior minister
French police are investigating a suspicious letter addressed to the interior minister that tested positive for the plague. Discovered at a mail-sorting centre near Dijon, the letter was addressed to the town hall of Roubaix, in the north of France outside Lille, for the attention of Gérald Darmanin, the minister of the interior. Police were…
Read MoreWoman gets probation for calling in hoax bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital
A Massachusetts woman has been sentenced to three years of probation for calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital as it faced a barrage of harassment over its surgical program for transgender youths. Catherine Leavy pleaded guilty last year in federal court to charges including making a false bomb threat. Authorities say…
Read MoreBarboursville man arrested for terrorism hoax at Martha Jefferson Hospital
An Orange County man has been charged with perpetrating a hoax terrorist attack at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Wednesday morning. Daniel Sisk, a 49-year-old Barboursville resident, was spotted in the hospital east of Charlottesville city limits just before 11 a.m. Wednesday carrying a duffel bag and acting suspicious, according to police. Multiple reports and witness…
Read MoreHospital bomb plotter guilty of terror charge
A man who plotted to bomb a hospital in Leeds and an RAF base has been found guilty of preparing acts of terrorism. Mohammad Farooq, 28, targeted St James’s Hospital in January 2023 but was stopped by a member of the public. A trial at Sheffield Crown Court heard how the clinical support worker had…
Read More‘Lone wolf terrorist’ stopped from detonating bomb outside hospital by patient who talked him down, trial hears
An alleged “self-radicalised, lone wolf terrorist” was planning to “kill as many nurses as possible” at a hospital in Leeds but a patient managed to “talk him down”, a court heard. Mohammad Farooq, 28, was arrested with a pressure cooker bomb outside the Gledhow Wing of St James’s Hospital in Leeds, in the early hours…
Read MoreGunmen Kill A Police Officer Assigned To Protect Polio Workers In Pakistan’s Northwest
Gunmen fatally shot a police officer assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan’s northwest, an official said Monday. At least 11 police have died this year while on security duty for vaccination campaigns in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The gunmen fired at a team working in the Wargari area of Lakki Marwat district, said police official…
Read MoreA Knife Attack At A Chinese Hospital Kills 2 People And Injures 21. The Motive Is Unclear
A knife attack at a hospital in southwestern China on Tuesday killed two people and injured 21 others, authorities said. No motive was given for the attack at Zhenxiong County People’s Hospital in Yunnan province. The suspect is a male from a village in the same county, a Zhenxiong police statement said. The injured were…
Read MoreMan arraigned on charges for alleged bomb threat on Buffalo hospital
A Genesee County man has been arraigned on two charges in connection to allegedly making a bomb threat to Buffalo General Medical Center in March, the Erie County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. 31-year-old Lordseth Phoenix, of Corfu, is accused of falsely reporting in a 911 call on the morning of March 17 that an…
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