Bomb scare

WWII bomb found in Hong Kong defused after mass evacuation

A massive WWII-era US bomb discovered in Hong Kong triggered the evacuation of thousands before being safely defused by police bomb experts in a high-risk operation.

Members of the explosive ordinance disposal unit inspect a defused US-made bomb (C), dropped during World War II, that was found inside a construction site at the junction of Convention Avenue and Hung Hing Road in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong on May 11, 2018.
German police guard the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, before the German presidential election in Berlin, February 12, 2017

WWII bomb forces overnight evacuation in central Berlin

 EasyJet airplane

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 A person works by a cordoned off area near the Cologne Cathedral, after the discovery of World War II-era bombs during exploratory work, affecting over 20,000 people, who had to be evacuated on June 4, 2025, in Cologne, Germany.

Discovery of wartime bombs prompts large-scale evacuation in Cologne, Germany


IDF fighters thwart bombing in northern West Bank

A police bomb squad arrived at the scene and are working to neutralize the explosives.

IDF combat soldiers identify camouflaged IEDs in al-Mugghayyir, northeast of Ramallah, 22.11.2020

German police say device found on train near Cologne not explosive

Bild newspaper had reported earlier that the device was a home-made bomb capable of causing serious injuries.

German police guard the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, before the German presidential election in Berlin, February 12, 2017

Bomb threat left on Virginia synagogue's voicemail

A police K-9 search of the area did not turn up any bombs.

Close up of a man using mobile smart phone

Brandeis targeted by bomb threat a week before school starts

Jewish Americans founded Brandeis at a time when many universities were closed to Jewish students.

Brandeis University sign

Bomb threat made against China flights from major cargo hub airport

Anchorage Airport is one of the world’s top five air-cargo hubs. It ranks second in the nation for weight of landed cargo.

Empty RavnAir ticket counters are seen after the airlines declared bankruptcy, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Alaska, U.S., April 7, 2020.

More than 50 JCCs nationwide receive emailed bomb threats

The spate of threats recalls successive waves of bomb threats made against JCCs and other Jewish institutions in 2017, many of which led to building evacuations.

Members are allowed to return following a bomb threat at the Jewish Community Center in Louisville, Kentucky, earlier this month

Cluster of explosive devices land near Jerusalem

Incident comes after dozens of others landed in southern Israel over the last week.

Masked Palestinians release incendiary balloons near Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip

Virginia man charged of targeting Jews and minorities by fake bomb threats

John William Kirby Kelley of Vienna was charged Friday by the U.S. Department of Justice with conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States

A Federal law enforcement officer stands outside the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse in the Brooklyn borough in New York April 2, 2015. Two New York City women have been arrested in an alleged conspiracy to build a bomb and wage a "terrorist attack" in the United States, according to a federal criminal

Box resembling fake homemade bomb placed outside Amsterdam kosher eatery

The restaurant in recent years has been the target of multiple incidents, including damage to the windows and the pelting of its façade with eggs.

The package discovered outside the HaCarmel kosher restaurant in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on Jan. 15, 2020

The dire lack of bomb shelters in the North

Since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, when Hezbollah launched close to 4,000 rockets and wounded 1,400 civilians in 34 days.

Residents and security personnel gather in a bomb shelter inside a house that was hit earlier, as air-raid siren goes off for incoming rockets from Gaza, in Sderot, Israel March 25, 2019