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May 16, 2024 · IEDs aimed at killing or injuring personnel can be as crude as pipe bombs (a metal pipe packed with explosive material and sealed at both ends), though they are often more-complex. Vehicle-borne IEDs aimed at destroying buildings can contain large quantities of explosives to enhance their destructive capacity.
- Peter Mansoor
2 days ago · Bombs discovered near Capitol Complex One of two pipe bombs discovered adjacent to the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Around 12:45 p.m., a bomb was discovered next to a building containing Republican National Committee (RNC) offices by a woman using the shared alleyway to access her apartment building's laundry room.
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1 day ago · January 17, 2011: Spokane bombing attempt: A small pipe bomb in a backpack designed to be detonated by remote control and spread shrapnel in a specific direction was discovered during a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, Washington. White supremacist Kevin Harpham is convicted and sentenced to 32 years in federal prison.
4 days ago · Kaczynski left false clues in most bombs, which he intentionally made hard to find to make them appear more legitimate. Clues included metal plates stamped with the initials "FC" hidden somewhere (usually in the pipe end cap) in bombs, a note left in a bomb that did not detonate reading "Wu—It works!
May 23, 2024 · On July 27, 1996, a single homemade pipe bomb left in a knapsack exploded amid a crowd of spectators in Centennial Olympic Park, near the main sites of the Olympic Games in Atlanta. The blast caused by the crude device killed one person and injured 112 others.
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May 13, 2024 · The bag held a pipe bomb and would later explode, killing one person and injuring 112. Jewell, initially hailed as a hero for his work to clear the area, became a leading suspect in the Federal Bureau of Investigation ’s (FBI) ensuing investigation and subsequently the subject of a media frenzy. He was later exonerated.
May 15, 2024 · It was then that authorities released that a Michigan man was arrested on a variety of charges after he was located in Fremont with a pipe bomb and stolen gun. Bryant, 32, of the 4700 block of ...
