Posts Tagged ‘explosive-device’

New sophistication seen in bomb plot

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Investigators are studying an explosive device they say terrorists in Yemen crafted to slip past airport metal detectors and onto a U.S.-bound plane.

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Jose Pimentel Is Charged in N.Y.C. Bomb Plot

Monday, November 21st, 2011

Jose Pimentel, who had been under surveillance, was arrested in Washington Heights after coming close to completing an explosive device, the police said.

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‘Large device’ examined in alert

Wednesday, January 26th, 2011

Police say what they suspect is a “large improvised explosive device” has been found on north Belfast’s Antrim Road.

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FBI Sting Foils Bomb Plot

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

The FBI successfully thwarted a terrorist bombing in Portland, Oregon after following the suspect for over a year. The would-be terrorist, 19-year-old Somali immigrant Mohamed Mohamud, parked a van loaded with an explosive device near a tree-lighting…

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Inquiry into cargo bomb handling

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010

The National Security Advisor is to investigate the handling of events surrounding the discovery of an explosive device at East Midlands airport on Friday.

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New-style device killed soldier

Wednesday, September 8th, 2010

A 29-year-old soldier on foot patrol in Afghanistan was killed by a sophisticated explosive device which was hard to detect, an inquest hears.

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3 hurt in blast at migrant funeral mass

Sunday, August 29th, 2010

An explosive device detonated Saturday three blocks away from a mass honoring 72 migrants found slain near the Mexican border, state media reported.

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