Posts Tagged ‘bomb’

Colombia: six injured in a bomb attack against a government building

June 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
Six people were slightly injured in a bomb attack against facilities of the Chamber of Construction (Camacol) in Medellin in the north-eastern Colombia, said Tuesday the local authorities.
According to police sources, the explosion took place on the first floor of the building where is located the office of Camacol, and other institutions.
Mauricio Faciolince, director of [...]

A Greek aircraft diverted to London after a bomb threat

May 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A plane of the Greek airline Olympic Airlines from Athens to New York was diverted on Sunday on the London Stansted Airport after a bomb threat, the BBC reported. “293 passengers and 12 crew members aboard were evacuated unharmed,” said a spokesman for the Greek company.
The alert on the presence of a bomb was given [...]

False bomb threat: the Boeing departed from Lyon to Dublin

May 2nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
The Boeing 737-400 of the Icelandic company which had baffled Islandsflug Sunday afternoon at the International Airport Saint-Exupéry Lyon, because we suspected the presence of a bomb on board, took off around midnight, Has it learned of the border police.
The charter plane with 146 passengers aboard, departed the island of Menorca, the Balearic Islands (Spain) [...]

14 dead in suicide car bomb in Khalis

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
At least 14 people were killed in a suicide car bomb on Tuesday afternoon in Khalis, near the restive city of Baquba, reported the Qatari television channel al-Jazeera.
“At least 14 people were killed and over 70 others injured in the explosion of a car bomb Tuesday in northeastern Baghdad, said police chief of Diyala province, [...]

A bomb discovered on a major rail line in Italy

March 16th, 2010 | Tags: , , , ,
A bomb was discovered by Italian police on a railway line of great importance in northern Italy, apparently put there by the separatist group in Alto Adige “Ein Tirol, reported local media on Tuesday.
The first results of the survey suggest that the bomb had been installed there for some time but would not work, according [...]

Bomb threats lead to searches of planes and trains U.S.

November 21st, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
Four passenger aircraft belonging to U.S. company “Northwest Airlines” were searched Tuesday due to bomb threats, officials said.
The four aircraft have been transferred to safe areas and excavations were made at airports respectively in Detroit Michigan, Los Angeles, California Miami, Florida, and Memphis Tennessee.
Security officials have taken hours to search the aircraft without finding explosives.
“Any [...]