Category: bomb

Man in Custody After Making Bomb Threat Hoax at Joint Base Andrews Gate

A civilian man with no military affiliation is in custody after making a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax at Joint Base Andrews on Friday. “An individual in a vehicle drove up to the main gate of Joint Base Andrews around 4:45 p.m. and told base security forces that he had a…


Bomb Kills at Least 30 Near Girls’ School in Afghan Capital

KABUL, Afghanistan—A bomb exploded near a girl’s school in a majority Shiite district of west Kabul on Saturday, killing at least 30 people, many of them young pupils between 11 and 15 years old, Afghan government spokesmen said. The Taliban condemned the attack apparently aimed at civilians, and denied any responsibility. The explosion is being…


Burma Parcel Bomb Blasts Kill 5 Including Ousted Lawmaker—Media

Blasts from at least one parcel bomb in Burma (also known as Myanmar) have killed five people, including an ousted lawmaker and three police officers who had joined a civil disobedience movement opposing military rule, media reported on Tuesday. Since the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown in a…


California Woman Finds Manhole in Bedroom Leading to Secret 1950s Bomb Shelter: Video

A California woman discovered a manhole in her bedroom leading to an abandoned bomb shelter beneath. The underground shelter, and an adjoining food store, had seemingly been left undisturbed for decades. Jennifer Little made the astounding discovery while she was moving a 400-pound piece of bedroom furniture. She was too nervous to descend into the…


California Woman Sonia Tabizada Sentenced for Bomb Threats to Washington DC Catholic School

SAN JACINTO, California—A California woman who threatened to bomb a Roman Catholic preparatory school in Washington, D.C. for planning to publish same-sex wedding announcements in its alumni magazine was sentenced Friday to nearly 1 1/2 years in federal prison. Sonia Tabizada, 36, of San Jacinto, was sentenced to time she already has spent in custody for making…


Michigan High School Student ‘Accidentally’ Detonates Explosive Device During Class

A high school student injured himself and other classmates after detonating a homemade explosive device inside a classroom at a school in Michigan.


Bomb Survivor Double-Amputee Aims for the 2021 Paralympic Games: ‘My Destiny’

Nearly 16 years ago, a baby girl survived an explosion when her impoverished birth parents detonated a bomb inside their home in Vietnam. She lived but lost her legs. After being adopted by a loving family from the United States, Haven Faith Shepherd, an inspiring double-amputee swimming star in the making, has found ways to…


At Least 20 Killed by Suicide Car Bomb Near Restaurant in Somalia Capital

MOGADISHU—At least 20 people were killed and 30 wounded by a suicide car bomb just outside a restaurant near the port in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu late on Friday, an emergency services official said. The blast sent plumes of smoke into the sky and triggered gunfire, witnesses and state-owned media reported. “So far we have carried…


Police: Live Pipe Bomb Found at Polling Place in Iowa

ANKENY, Iowa—The discovery of a live pipe bomb at a central Iowa polling place as voters were casting ballots in a special election forced an evacuation of the building, police said. Officers called to the Lakeside Center in Ankeny around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday found a device that looked like a pipe bomb in the grass…


Small Bomb Explodes Near Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, Nobody Hurt

NEW DELHI/JERUSALEM—A small bomb went off near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi, causing no injuries, in an incident that an Israeli official said was being treated as terrorism. Delhi police said the explosion was caused by a “very low intensity improvised device” and damaged the window panes of three nearby parked cars. “Initial impressions…