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.

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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

Authorities established a 500-meter security perimeter in the densely populated district. Police officers went door-to-door, instructing residents to leave their homes immediately.

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EasyJet airplane

WATCH: Man shouts 'Allahu Akbar' on UK easyJet flight, 'wanted to send message to Trump'

The easyJet flight from London Luton, was forced to undergo an emergency landing at Glasgow Airport, where police boarded the plane and arrested the suspected terrorist.

|ByJAMES GENN
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

Three American bombs, each with impact fuses, were found during construction work on Monday in Deutz, a bustling area on the bank of the River Rhine.

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Ohio man who threatened JCC must stay in jail because he’s still a community threat

The Jewish community is not safe from Reardon, District Court Judge Patricia Gaughan, said in her ruling Tuesday.

OCTOBER 31, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Members of the white nationalist group the Honorable Sacred Knights of the Ku Klux Klan hold a rally in Dayton, Ohio, U.S., May 25, 2019

Florida man who sent pipe bombs to Soros sentenced to 20 years

Cesar Sayoc could have been sentenced to life in prison on Monday, as requested by prosecutors, but U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff said it was clear the bombs were designed to not detonate.

AUGUST 7, 2019ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
Business magnate George Soros arrives to speak at the Open Russia Club in London, Britain June 20, 2016

HU bomber terrorists received over $1.2 million in 'pay-for-slay' payments

The bombing, which took place on July 31, 2002, was planned and perpetrated by members of an eastern Jerusalem Hamas cell during the Second Intifada.

AUGUST 3, 2019ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN
Memorial ceremony to mark 13 years since the terrorist attack at the Hebrew University.

British citizens removed from Tel Aviv-London flight after bomb hoax

A Ben-Gurion Airport security team was dispatched to the plane, which carried out an inspection of both the passengers and aircraft.

JUNE 26, 2019ByEYTAN HALON
The G-EUPH British Airways Airbus A319-131 makes its final approach for landing at Toulouse-Blagnac airport, France

Kiev synagogue evacuated following bomb threat

An email said that the bomb would explode within 24 hours.

MAY 27, 2019ByCAANAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
The Brodsky Synagogue in Kiev, Ukraine

Israel's Counter-Terrorism Bureau issues travel warning to Sri Lanka

The agency stressed that Israeli travelers still in Sri Lanka should leave the island at the soonest possible time, and also advised those planning trips to cancel.

APRIL 25, 2019ByILANIT CHERNICK, REUTERS
A blood-spattered statue of Jesus Christ is pictured while crime scene officials inspect the site of a bomb blast, as the sun shines through the blown-out roof, inside St Sebastian's Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019

Egypt thwarts bomb attack on Cairo security forces - ministry

Security forces have been waging a campaign against Islamist militants over the past year which is focused on Egypt's Sinai peninsula.

FEBRUARY 15, 2019ByREUTERS
Egyptian army soldiers stand guard during a New Year's Eve mass at Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Cairo, Egypt December 31, 2017.

Four charged in planned terror plot against Muslim community in New York

The investigation eventually led police to execute several search warrants and arrest four people, including the student who showed off the photograph.

JANUARY 23, 2019ByREUTERS
Vincent Vetromile, 19, of Greece, New York (L to R), Brian Colaneri, 20, of Gates, New York and Andrew Crysel of East Rochester, New York, arrested after planning to bomb a Muslim community in upstate New York according to authorities, are shown in these photos provided January 22, 2019

Father of convicted Israeli JCC hoax bomber pens message to Trump

Israeli judge Zvi Gurfinkel sentenced the teenager to 10 years in jail plus a fine of NIS 60,000.

NOVEMBER 22, 2018ByURI BOLLAG
An US-Israeli teen who was arrested in Israel on suspicion of making bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States, Australia and New Zealand over the past three month, is seen before the start of a remand hearing at Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion, Israel March 23, 2017.

Israeli JCC hoax bomber sentenced to 10 years in jail

US may still seek to have autistic teenager extradited for trial in the States.

NOVEMBER 22, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
JCC bomb threats suspect