Tag: Bomb

• Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 18:13 UTC

  WWII bomb goes off in Munich during railroad works

  

  Four people were injured in Germany when a dormant World War II bomb went off Wednesday after 12 noon local time near the Donnersberger Bridge, not far from Munich's central train station.

• Saturday, November 23rd 2019 - 09:11 UTC

  Police officers killed in a bomb blast at Colombian police station

  

  Three police officers were killed in a bomb blast late Friday at a police station in Colombia after thousands gathered for renewed protests and sporadic looting erupted in the capital of Bogota.

• Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 10:02 UTC

  Bomb blast in downtown Santiago de Chile injures five people

  

  A blast at a bus stop that wounded five people in the centre of the Chilean capital on Friday was described as a “terrorist act” by the government. A Venezuelan couple was hospitalized with facial and leg injuries after handling a package containing the device at the bus stop on the busy Vicuna Mackenna Avenue, authorities said.

• Friday, February 16th 2018 - 09:32 UTC

  Wartime bomb found in Thames River successfully removed and detonated

  

  The Royal Navy bomb disposal experts detonated on Wednesday a 500kg Second World War bomb found in the River Thames. The historic ordnance was found in the George V Dock during pre-planned construction work near London City Airport on Sunday morning.