Jacksonville International Airport reopened at 11 p.m. Tuesday, five hours after authorities found two suspicious packages and took two men into custody. (more…)
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Jacksonville International Airport reopens after bomb scare; one device neutralized
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013Cops detain 2 men, investigate suspicious car in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Friday, April 19th, 2013Police here say two men have been detained while officers, including the state’s bomb squad, continue to investigate a car with Massachusetts plates on Elmwood Ave.
Supt. Bryan DalPorto of the Niagara Falls, N.Y., police said the two men are not Russian nationals, contrary to an early report, but he wouldn’t comment further on the suspects.
Boston cops, feds descend on Revere Ma. buildings
Monday, April 15th, 2013Boston police and a cadre of federal officials descended on an Ocean Avenue apartment complex in Revere last night.
In addition to two Boston Police K-9 units and a bomb squad unit, a large contingent of federal agents from the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as Homeland Security investigations and state police had assembled at the two buildings.
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Bomb squad ‘disrupts’ suspicious materials at MIT
Wednesday, June 8th, 2011The Cambridge police bomb squad has twice used a water cannon today to “disrupt” some “suspicious materials’’ found in the common area inside the New House, an MIT dormitory on Memorial Drive, officials said.
The Cambridge bomb squad remains on the scene and have been joined by special agents from the FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearm and Explosives, officials said.
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Cab driver arrested after bomb squad removes suspicious materials from home near D/FW Airport
Monday, May 23rd, 2011A cab driver from Irving was arrested Sunday after a bomb squad removed suspicious materials from his apartment.
Irving firefighters found the materials after extinguishing a small fire at the mans home near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The FBI and the Joint Terrorism Task Force assisted in the investigation.
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Explosive found on Texas road near Mexico border
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011Federal agents are investigating an improvised explosive device found on a Texas highway near the Mexico border.
Brownsville Police spokesman Eddie Garcia says a passing motorist alerted authorities about 5 p.m. Sunday to a grenade modified and left on an overpass along southbound U.S. 77. A bomb squad shut down traffic for three hours to disarm it.
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Bomb Threat Shuts Down Rochester Airport
Saturday, March 12th, 2011Airport Director Susan Walsh told 13WHAM News around 6 a.m. a man approached a ticket counter and told an employee he had a bomb in his bag. The ticket agent called authorities with the threat.
The man has been taken into custody and claims that the statement was a joke.
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Bomb Scare at US Airport Over Ammunition Primers
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010A US man was detained Tuesday after ammunition parts in his luggage exploded as baggage handlers were moving it from one plane to another at Miami airport, officials said. The Miami-Dade bomb squad responded after the explosion, which took place as a baggage handler was taking luggage off of American Airlines flight 2585, which had just arrived from Boston, they said.
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Anti-terror Police Probe Explosion Near Loch Lomond
Friday, November 19th, 2010Anti-terrorism police and bomb disposal units have been called to a wooded area in West Dunbartonshire which is thought to have been damaged in an explosion.Strathclyde Police were called to reports of an explosion in Garadhban Forest, near Gartocharn, at about 1200 GMT on Wednesday.
Delta Airlines Flight Searched After Landing At Mumbai
Thursday, November 4th, 2010Airlines Flight from Amsterdam to Mumbai has had its passengers evacuated and the plane thoroughly searched after touching down at the Chathrapathi Sivaji airport in India’s commercial capital Mumbai, reports said on Thursday.
The aircraft’s pilot was informed by a Delta Airlines staff that he had seen an unidentified object in its cargo bay. Following this, an alert was raised and flight 70 was towed to a secure area after landing at 11.00 pm local time.
However, a comprehensive search carried out jointly by airport officials and bomb squads failed to yield anything dangerous.
LA Harbor – Vehicle Blast Likely Work of Vandals
Sunday, October 10th, 2010Taliban Reportedly Adds HIV-Infected Needles to Explosive Devices
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Taliban Fighters
Hypodermic syringes are reportedly hidden below the surface of explosive devices, pointing upwards to prick bomb squad experts as they hunt for devices.
The needles are feared to be contaminated with hepatitis and HIV. And if the bomb goes off, the needles become deadly flying shrapnel.
The tactic, used in the Afghan badlands of Helmand, was exposed by British ex-Army officer Patrick Mercer.
Explosives Wash Up On In Barrels On Israeli Beaches
Monday, February 1st, 2010Two barrels filled with explosives washed up on beaches in Israel on Monday, according to Israeli authorities.
Authorities disposed of both without injury.
Islamic Jihad, the Fatah Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and the Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades issued a leaflet in Gaza claiming responsibility for sending three explosive devices to Ashkelon and Ashdod.
A large barrel filled with explosives was found on a beach in the Ashkelon area Monday morning. The beach was closed.
Policemen and bomb disposal experts neutralized the explosives, according to police spokesman Miki Rosenfeld.
A second barrel filled with explosives was discovered later in the day on the shore of the city of Ashdod.
Authorities conducted a controlled explosion on the second barrel. Police were combing the beaches, and nearby areas were closed to the public. Authorities have not discussed a third device.
via Explosives wash up on Israeli beaches – CNN.com.
Suspicious Packages on Linfield Campus Cleared
Sunday, December 6th, 2009Details are sketching on an early morning “suspicious package” scare that shut down parts of the Linfield College campus.
The morning after a football victory that will send its team to the NCAA semi-finals, Linfield College was on lock-down as the Oregon State Police’s Bomb Squad swooped in to clear at least five “suspicious packages” scattered around campus.
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Grenade Prompts Evacuation of Arizona Restaurant
Saturday, November 28th, 2009AZCentral reports that a Wickenburg Arizona McDonald’s reopened without incident after DPS officers pulled over a vehicle into the restaurant parking lot and discovered the driver with a hand grenade.
The incident started at 7:49 a.m. and the area was cleared and safe for the public about 2 hours later.
Harold Sanders, a spokesman for DPS, said a bomb squad removed the grenade from the area. After the grenade was discovered, within 10 minutes officers had evacuated the McDonald’s.
The restaurant is near U.S. 60 and officers had to close traffic in the right lane.
The driver was detained and is being questioned.
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Men Abandon Car At Border, Flee To US – Bomb Squad Called
Monday, October 19th, 2009UPDATE: The incident began when five men left a vehicle on the Canadian side of the border, walked across the Ferry Point Bridge and attempted to enter the United States, confirmed Ted Woo, spokesman for the U.S. Office of Homeland Security.
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The five people who attempted to cross into the United States are not Canadians and are possibly illegal immigrants – possibly from Afghanistan, RCMP J Division media relations officer Sgt. Claude Tremblay said late Sunday night from Fredericton.
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Deliveryman Robbed of Suspicious Package
Thursday, August 20th, 2009There is no indication that this incident is terror related, just somewhat of an odd story. Ferry-Fillmore District detectives are investigating the gunpoint holdup of a FedEx driver making deliveries on Bissell Avenue at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday. Police said the driver was accosted in the truck by two men—one with a handgun who held him at bay as his accomplice took a package addressed to a Schauf Avenue house that was vacant.
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Suspicious Device, Ammo, Passports Found
Monday, August 3rd, 2009Police were called to a home in South Philadelphia where a suspicious device was found. Authorities were called to vacant house located on the 2200 block of McClellan St.
There, police found a possible explosive device with a significant amount of ammunition and passports. Both the bomb squad and homeland security were called to the scene, but have since left.
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Tucson Police Detonate Suspicious Device At I-10 Underpass
Saturday, December 20th, 2008Tucson Police blew up a suspicious device just before noon Friday on Grant Road at Interstate Ten.
A bicyclist reported seeing something on the underpass sidewalk wrapped in duct tape with wires sticking out of it.
Investigators believe it was a real explosive device.
Police closed off Grant Road at I-10 and the northbound frontage road bomb while teams disposed of the device.
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