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Illustrative: Police at a crime scene. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
August 19, 2019, 4:40 am
Unknown assailants detonate bomb in Bnei Brak apartment building; no injuries
Police exploring possible attempt to threaten senior municipal officials living in the building; stun grenade thrown at Netivot mayor’s home
By TOI staff
A big crater is pictured on a corn field after a bomb from World War II exploded in Halbach, Germany, June 24, 2019. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)
June 24, 2019, 7:29 pm
Crater in German field apparently caused by WWII bomb
Residents near Limburg report hearing overnight blast, which caused no casualties
By Agencies
A large water fountain rises behind the Iron Bridge when a 250 kilogram American bomb from World War II in the Main River is detonated with a blast in Frankfurt, Germany, April 14, 2019. (Frank Rumpenhorst/dpa via AP)
April 14, 2019, 4:49 pm
Hundreds evacuated in Frankfurt so WWII bomb can be removed
250-kilogram device, discovered in Main River by divers last week, successfully defused underwater
By Agencies
In this undated photo released by the Broward County Sheriff's office, mail bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc is seen in a booking photo in Miami. (Broward County Sheriff's Office via AP)
March 21, 2019, 8:09 am
Mail-bomb suspect who targeted Trump critics poised to plead guilty
Van-dwelling Florida man who sent pipe bombs to Hillary Clinton, George Soros, former president Barack Obama, and CNN changes plea to avert trial
By AP
People walk outside CNN Center, in Atlanta, October 24, 2018. (Ron Harris/AP)
October 29, 2018, 6:37 pm
Another suspicious package addressed to CNN arrives at Atlanta post office
CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker says there was no immediate danger to employees and parcel was intercepted before it reached network’s building
By Agencies
This November 1, 2017, photo shows a van with windows covered with an assortment of stickers in Well, Florida, that apparently was owned by Cesar Sayoc. (Courtesy Lesley Abravanel via AP)
October 28, 2018, 5:54 am
Van-dwelling mail bomb suspect wanted to return to ‘Hitler days’
Former manager at pizza store says Cesar Sayoc would talk about eradicating Jews, subject customers to political rants; Twitter feed shows obsession with Soros, conspiracy theories
By AP and TOI staff
This image obtained October. 24, 2018, and provided by ABC News shows a package addressed to former CIA head John Brennan and an explosive device that was sent to CNN's New York office. (ABC News via AP)
October 25, 2018, 11:51 pm
Investigators zero in on crude bombs sent to Trump critics
Law enforcement officials still uncertain whether the devices were poorly designed or never intended to cause physical harm
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, Eric Tucker and Colleen Long
Marco Ofenstein from Rhineland-Palatinate's bomb disposal team presents the fuze of a World War II aerial bomb after the bomb's disposal in Ludwigshafen, western Germany, on August 26, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / dpa / Uwe Anspach)
August 26, 2018, 5:15 pm
WWII bomb defused in Germany after 18,500 evacuated
Unexploded ordnance found during construction work in Ludwigshafen; thought to have been dropped by US forces
By AFP
French sappers in Rouen city center defuse World War II bomb on August 12, 2018. (Screen capture: Twitter)
August 12, 2018, 6:06 pm
1,800 evacuated as France defuses British WWII bomb
Residents within 270 meters forced to leave area for several hours as sappers remove 220-kilogram bomb near Rouen town center
By AFP
Photo provided by Berlin police Friday, April 20, 2018 shows the bomb squad of the state police Berlin posing behind a bomb from WWII that was found in central Berlin and is planned to be defused on Friday. (Polizei Berlin via AP)
April 21, 2018, 1:00 am
WWII bomb defused in Berlin after large evacuation in city center
Authorities shut down main train station, clear thousands of people from area as they treat unexploded ordnance found during recent construction work
By David Rising
Illustrative: Dieter Schwetzler, right, and Rene Bennert of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Division stand behind a World War II bomb they defused in Frankfurt, Germany, on September 3, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas Lohnes)
April 20, 2018, 9:49 am
WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in central Berlin
Authorities declare exclusion zone with 800-meter radius around the site, just north of a major transport hub
By Frank Zeller
People being transported from the St. Josef hospital to other hospitals in Paderborn, Germany, as more than 26,000 people were asked to leave their homes in the western German town to allow specialists to remove a World War II-era bomb discovered during construction work. (Henning Kaiser/dpa via AP)
April 8, 2018, 9:58 pm
26,000 evacuated in west German town for WWII bomb removal
Two hospitals, a university and several nursing homes cleared for defusing of British-made bomb
By AP
Police barricade the area surrounding the home of suspected Austin bomber Mark Anthony Conditt March 21, 2018 in Pflugerville, Texas. (Drew Anthony Smith/Getty Images/AFP)
March 22, 2018, 6:54 am
Hunt for motive in Austin bumps against description of ‘kind, challenged’ bomber
Mark Anthony Conditt, who blew himself up after caught by police for series of mail bombs that killed 2, leaves ‘confession,’ but reason behind attacks remains unclear
By AP
Authorities work on the scene after multiple explosions in Austin on Monday, March 12, 2018. (Ricardo B. Brazziell/Austin American-Statesman via AP)
March 13, 2018, 12:27 am
Deadly Texas package bombs probed as possible hate crimes
Police investigating racial motivation after African American man, teen killed and Hispanic woman injured in separate Austin blasts
By Nova SAFO
A still image from blurry video footage broadcast by Hezbollah-backed Al-Manar television on February 28, 2018, that purports to show the aftermath of a Hezbollah assassination of Israeli brigadier general Erez Gerstein in 1999 in southern Lebanon. (Screen capture)
March 1, 2018, 12:43 am
Hezbollah video claims to show bomb that killed Israeli general in 1999
Al-Manar TV broadcasts blurred footage of explosion which it says blew up Israeli car, killing Israel’s top military official in Lebanon, two soldiers and a journalist
By Sue Surkes
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