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Perpetrator. Cesar Sayoc Jr. [4] Motive. Pro-Trump, far-right extremism (see also § Motives) From October 22 to November 1, 2018, 16 packages found to contain pipe bombs were mailed via the U.S. Postal Service to several Democratic Party politicians and other prominent critics of U.S. President Donald Trump.
- October 22, 2018 – November 1, 2018
- United States
Beginning on October 22, 2018, 15 packages containing improvised explosive devices were received at multiple locations in New York, Washington, D.C., Florida, Delaware, California, and Georgia. Packages were delivered to prominent critics of President Trump including: Fortunately, the attempted bombings were thwarted by several law enforcement ...
Oct 26, 2018 · CNN —. As the FBI and US law enforcement agencies turn to catching the serial mailbomber, or mailbombers, terrorizing those who have been labeled by President Donald Trump as political enemies ...
May 10, 2018 · Blast larger than Hiroshima bomb. Putting all of this together, the researchers estimate that the nuclear test, North Korea’s sixth and the fifth inside Mt. Mantap, had a yield between 120 and 300 kilotons, about 10 times the strength of the bomb dropped by the United States on Hiroshima during World War II.
Between 1970 and 2017, 560 terrorist attacks involved explosives in letters, parcels, or packages sent in the mail or made to appear as if they were sent in the mail. 1. Terrorist attacks involving package bombs were least likely to be successful compared to attacks involving other types of weapons, with explosives detonating in 39 percent of ...
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incidents, an increase of 38 percent since 2017. Bomb threats increased 32 percent in 2018. This is the first noted increase in the past 5 years . Education, office/business, residential and assembly remain the top four targets of bomb threats during 2018. The number of reported incidents targeting offices/businesses has doubled since 2017.
Oct 25, 2018 · Listen. 4:48. In April 1919, a mail clerk named Charles Kaplan saved the lives of untold U.S. officials and staffers. He had read a newspaper account about the bombing of the home of Senator ...
