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NEWS ABOUT: bomb threat

bomb threat stories: 15 news summaries

(Newser) - An Air France flight scheduled from Buenos Aires to Paris was delayed last week because of a phoned-in bomb threat, according to Brazilian media. Authorities searched the plane for 90 minutes before allowing it to take off. Nothing was found. The delay occurred just three days before Air France flight... More »

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France • Brazil • bomb • Rio de Janeiro • crash • Paris • bomb threat • airplane • Buenos Aires • Air France • airplanes • accidental • Air France Flight 447

Robber Told Bank He Was Fed Up With Bailouts

Gets away after SF bomb-threat heist

Apr 22, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police are looking for a man who robbed a San Francisco branch of Bank of America—ostensibly out of disgust for corporate bailouts, the Chronicle reports. The man requested a meeting with a manager and told him he represented “a corporation” concerned with the bailouts—before threatening to detonate... More »

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San Francisco • Bank of America • bank robbery • bomb • bomb threat • bailout • financial crisis

(Newser) - Amid a wave of copycat threats, German police yesterday arrested a teenager suspected of planning to blow up a school near Düsseldorf, the London Times reports. Police discovered bomb-making instructions, gunpowder, and other weapons in the home of the 17-year-old after he threatened to destroy his school on April... More »

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Germany • school shooting • bomb threat

 Passengers Subdue 
 Wacko Who Said He Had Bomb 


 Hip hop musician among heroes

Jan 8, 09 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - A delusional airline passenger who claimed to have a bomb was subdued by other passengers as their Delta jet landed yesterday in Los Angeles. Among the heroes, the Los Angeles Times reports, was guitarist Chris Llewellyn, who performs with rapper Asher Roth. The 45-year-old passenger allegedly assaulted a flight attendant... More »

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NBC • LAX • bomb threat • Delta Airlines • Carson Daly • Asher Roth • Chris Llewellyn • Transportation Security Administration

 Aspen Bomb Plot Suspect Kills Himself 

Pair of threats paralyzed resort town for New Year's Eve

Jan 1, 09 11:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Jim Blanning, the 72-year-old parolee police suspect sent threatening notes and mysterious packages to a pair of Aspen banks yesterday, was found dead east of town this morning, having apparently shot himself, the Denver Post reports. Police identified Blanning, a former Aspen native now living in Denver, from bank... More »

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Aspen • Colorado • bomb threat • New Year's Eve

 Cops Find 5 Bombs 
 in Paris Dep't Store 

Tip-off to news agency warns of explosives

Dec 16, 08 6:01 AM CST
(Newser) - French police found and disarmed five explosive devices this morning at one of Paris's biggest department stores, reports the BBC. The Printemps store, on one of the capital's best known shopping streets, was evacuated and cordoned off after a group calling itself the Afghan Revolutionary Front warned the AFP news... More »

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terrorism • France • explosives • Paris • bomb threat • department stores • Michele Alliot Marie

Cops Probe
US Embassy
Bomb Threat

Indonesia tightens security ahead of Bali bombers' execution

Nov 4, 08 3:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Indonesian police are investigating a text-messaged threat to blow up the American and Australian embassies in Jakarta if convicted Bali bombers are executed, Reuters reports. Three Islamic militants convicted of playing a role in Bali nightclub bombings that killed 202 people six years ago have exhausted their avenues of appeal... More »

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Indonesia • execution • Jakarta • bomb threat • US Embassy • Bali

Bomb Threat Forces Back China-Bound Plane

Japanese authorities believe threat to Air China is Olympics-related

Aug 8, 08 5:44 AM CDT
(AP) - A bomb threat emailed to Air China's Tokyo offices today forced a Shanghai-bound passenger jet to make an emergency return to Japan, reports AP. Four other flights were delayed. The email threatened to "bomb the aircraft" if fllghts were not suspended, according to a transport offical. "We suspect... More »

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China • Japan • airline • aircraft • bomb threat • Shanghai

Rebel Bomb Revenge Plot Foiled in Colombia

Explosives planned for Bogota: authorities

Jul 6, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Colombian army seized nearly a ton of explosives near Bogota, foiling a bomb plot by the rebel group known as FARC, according to authorities. Military officials suspect a series of bomb attacks were planned across the capital in the next few days in retaliation for the recent high-profile rescue... More »

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Colombia • explosives • bomb • revenge • bomb threat • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • Bogota • hostage

Wright Received Death Threats

Controversial pastor returns to public eye
as critical primary looms for Obama

Apr 27, 08 9:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whose controversial rants scuttled Barack Obama's "post-racial" campaign, reemerged in the headlines yesterday just ahead of the Dems' primary showdown on May 6. Asked by PBS' Bill Moyers if he’d received death threats, Wright says: “Yes, and bomb threats at the church. People (are)... More »

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Barack Obama • church • president • death threats • bomb threat • campaign • presidential race • Jeremiah Wright • Trinity United Church of Christ

Woman Held in Bomb Threat on British Oil Rig

Officials evacuate 539 workers; incident not terrorist-related

Feb 10, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - British authorities have detained a 23-year-old woman in connection with a bomb threat that caused an evacuation of hundreds of oil workers from a North Sea oil rig, the BBC says. The woman had been working aboard the platform, which is located about 130 miles northeast off the coast of... More »

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United Kingdom • evacuation • terrorist • North Sea • bomb threat • Royal Air Force • Safe Scandinavia • ProSafe • oil rig

Bomb Threat Closes World Bank

Phone call threatens bomb at noon today

Jan 17, 08 10:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The Washington headquarters of the World Bank will be closed for business Friday as it investigates a bomb threat, Reuters reports. "The bank is working with law enforcement officials to determine the validity of the threat," said a statement from the bank. Few other details were released. The... More »

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World Bank • Washington DC • IMF • bomb threat

Dogs Search LaGuardia Plane After Bomb Threat

AA Flight 382 from Chicago had landed when call received

Nov 8, 07 2:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Officials searched a plane on the tarmac of New York's LaGuardia Airport after a caller told the NYPD he had seen evidence of a bomb threat to American Airlines Flight 382 on the Internet. An aviation official said the plane, which had just landed from Chicago's O'Hare Airport, was taken... More »

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New York City • bomb threat • LaGuardia Airport

Bomb Threat Leaves US Air Base on Alert

German police, American security swing into action

Sep 11, 07 7:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US air base in Spangdahlem, Germany, received a phoned-in bomb threat last night, and German police and the American military personnel have secured the facility. Although officials say they doubt the threat is credible, they're taking no chances. "It is being taken very seriously given the current situation... More »

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Germany • Ankara • September 11 • air base • bomb threat • Spangdahlem

Bomb Threats Hit Discount Stores, Supermarkets

Caller threatens to blow up stores unless money wired into account

Aug 30, 07 8:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents are looking into bomb threats phoned in to Wal-Marts and supermarkets across the country, the AP reports. An unidentified caller, believed to be in Portugal, demands that employees wire money overseas or he'll set off a bomb. A Maine supermarket was the target yesterday, bringing the total to... More »

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Portugal • extortion • Maine • supermarket • bomb threat • Wal-Mart

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