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A bomb scare forced hundreds to flee two terminals at Kennedy Airport yesterday after authorities mistakenly left a phony training bomb lying around, a source familiar with the incident said. At about 11 a.m., Transportation Security Administration officers noticed a suspicious package in their confiscated-items bin past the checkpoint for Americans Airlines' Terminals 8 and 9, officials said. Port Authority police investigated and called in NYPD Bomb Squad cops, who decided to clear both terminals, officials said. They determined the package was not dangerous at about 2 p.m. A source close to the investigation told The Post the item was...

CAMP STRIKER, Iraq — When the call comes in for the 447th Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, the bomb squad Soldiers are not the only ones heading for the door. The 48th Brigade Combat Team’s Military Police platoon follows on EOD’s heels to ensure the team has a safe environment in which to work. These two units have developed a strong bond and excellent working relationship in the six weeks they have been together. They have completed more than 115 missions together, of which more than 90 percent have been the real deal: live ordnance. On one recent mission, the units...

The bombs were identical in size and design: one in a black nylon duffel bag, the other in a black knapsack with grayish trim. Each was made of 10 kilos of powerful commercial explosives - essentially sawdust soaked in nitroglycerine - with nuts and bolts for shrapnel. Left on seats in a commuter rail car, they were detonated almost simultaneously using cellphones. The explosions ripped into the steel, plastic and fiberglass, sending a deadly shock wave through the passenger compartment and hurtling twisted chunks of metal, debris and tiny bits of the bombs hundreds of feet in every direction. Almost...

Pipe bomber hits bio lab: Feds probe attack in Watertown By Casey Ross, Jennifer Rosinski and Tom Farmer Friday, August 27, 2004 A pipe bomb ripped through a biotech research lab in Watertown early yesterday, igniting fears of terrorism as federal agents combed through the debris in a search for evidence, law enforcement sources said. The bomb exploded in the darkened lab of Amaranth Bio Inc. at 3:40 a.m., blasting out windows from floor to ceiling in a Pleasant Street office building that houses a half-dozen companies. ``There's no reason to believe it's a terrorist act, but there is reason...

<p>Those were the items blown up by the Cincinnati Fire Department's bomb squad Monday afternoon after a suspicious suitcase was found near a local restaurant.</p> <p>The suitcase was found at about 2:25 p.m. in front of the Fuddrucker's restaurant on Madison Road in the Rookwood Pavilion shopping center.</p>

THE man accused of supplying the dynamite used in the al-Qaeda train bombings in Madrid was in possession of the private telephone number of the head of Spain’s Civil Guard bomb squad, it emerged yesterday. Emilio Suárez Trashorras, who is alleged to have supplied 200kg of dynamite used in the bombs, had obtained the number of Juan Jesús Sánchez Manzano, the head of Tedax. The revelation has raised fresh concerns in Madrid about links between those held responsible for the March bombings, which killed 190 people, and Spain’s security services, and shortcomings in the police investigation. Señor Suárez Trashorras and...

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 12 — The four police officers were squeezed into a small pickup truck, screaming down the highway from Baghdad at 90 miles an hour toward a bomb sighting, and they were happy. They thrive on busy days, and today, the third call of the morning for the Baghdad police bomb squad had come in minutes before, at 11:20, with the usual sketchy information: possible explosives on the road south to Salman Pak. For every bomb that kills Iraqis and coalition soldiers, many more are defused every day by the ordnance experts of the Baghdad police. The squad...

Blasted Box Highlights Tensions Blasted box highlights tensions Erie Bomb Squad members keep onlookers at bay as a suspicious box is blown up outside a downtown Citizens Bank on Sunday. The box, which turned out to be harmless, caused a hubbub in the city, which has seen hightened tensions since an Aug. 28 bank robbery and explosion. (Erie Times-News photo by Rob Engelhardt) Zoom Read More Local News By Ed Palattella ed.palattella@timesnews.com and Dana Massing dana.massing@timesnews.com Brian Trocha had two confessions to make — one to the Erie police and one to his grandmother. He called police Sunday to admit...

FBI appeals for help after pizza man 'forced to rob bank' is killed by bomb fixed around his neck By Andrew Buncombe in Washington 03 September 2003 The FBI has released pictures of a metal collar that was found fixed around the neck of pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank and then died when a bomb that was locked to the collar exploded. State troopers arrested Brian Wells shortly after he robbed a bank outside the town of Erie in Pennsylvania last Thursday. He told the officers that he had been forced to rob the bank and that he was...

(CBS/AP) The FBI on Tuesday released photos of a metal collar found around the neck of a pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank and then was killed when a bomb strapped to his body exploded. FBI Agent Bob Rudge said the bureau hopes that by releasing the photos of the collar and locking device, someone may come forward to help law enforcement solve the strange case. A preliminary exam performed on the collar showed that it was likely not commercially manufactured, Rudge said Tuesday. "We do not believe it has any legitimate industrial use," said Rudge. "Its most likely purpose...

<p>Brian Douglas Wells, 46, was killed Thursday when the bomb attached to his neck detonated while he and police were waiting for the bomb squad to arrive.</p> <p>Police probably could not have saved Wells from the bomb if it was armed with a timing device, FBI special agent Ken McCabe, whose agency is helping in the investigation, said.</p>

Blast that killed robber leaves police mystified He died after a bank holdup. He told police another person had forced him into the crime. Associated Press ERIE - Investigators spent Labor Day plotting out a course for solving the bizarre case of a pizza deliveryman who robbed a bank, then was killed by a bomb strapped to his body. An autopsy was completed yesterday on a coworker of the deliveryman who was found dead at his home, but police awaited toxicology tests to determine whether the deaths were related. Federal investigators and police were expected to discuss the case at...

The FBI is investigating the death of a pizza delivery man who said he had been forced to rob a bank by someone who had strapped a bomb to his chest. Brian Wells had entered a bank in Erie, Pennsylvania, and given staff a note which demanded money and said he had a bomb. When he left the bank with stolen money he was surrounded by police and told them he had been forced to rob the bank after someone had started a timer on a bomb under his T-shirt. As the police waited for the bomb squad to arrive...

<p>The bizarre case of Brian Wells' death is still marked by more questions than answers.</p> <p>But clues that could point to how and why Wells robbed a bank before being killed by a bomb strapped to his body are slowly filtering in to the local FBI office.</p>

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Bomb disposal experts may soon have an alternative to their hazardous hands-on duties, thanks to a laser detector under development at Israel's nuclear research center. The instrument uses a laser beam's ultra-violet spectrum to "light up" molecules in fumes given off by TNT explosives from a distance of eight feet, a spokesman at Nahal Soreq said Wednesday. "This project was launched in the 1990s to contend with the threat of terrorist smugglers on our borders," the spokesman said of the prototype, for which no marketing date has been set. "The benefits to the wider world post-Sept. 11...

Late Breaking News! Police Evacuate Car Rental facility in Queens New York. Bomb squad called in. Details to follow...

The bomb Squad just went rushing past my husbands business. The lights were flashing. He said they are west of I-25, over by the Inverness Hotel in Englewood. I'm waiting to see if there is any local news about this, but nothing yet.

Just came on the radar.

<p>TALLAHASSEE, Florida (CNN) -- A man drove his truck into a mosque near Florida State University on Monday night, prompting police to seal off the area and call in a bomb squad.</p> <p>No one was inside the Islamic Center of Tallahassee at the time, and police say only the driver was injured.</p>