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Bombs kill 7, wound 50 in Afghan south

Agence France-PresseMay 17, 2013 14:00
Two bombs exploded in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday evening, killing at least seven people and wounding more than 50, officials said. "One blast was a vehicle IED (improvised explosive device)," Javed Faisal, spokesman for the Kandahar provincial governor, told AFP. "Seven people are dead and more than 50 are wounded, most of them civilians." Faisal said that the target of the attack appeared to be police and army vehicles but that many of those injured were civilians who were gathered in a popular public area of the city at the end of the Friday holiday.

Police probe possible bomb at Canada military headquarters

Agence France-PresseMay 10, 2013 11:00
Investigators have found components consistent with a bomb in a suspicious package that forced an evacuation of Canada's defense ministry headquarters, police said Wednesday. The package was found Tuesday on the Mackenzie King Bridge near the defense ministry, prompting authorities to close the bridge and adjacent downtown streets just before the start of the evening rush hour traffic. "The suspicious package was removed by a robot and detonated," Defense Minister Peter MacKay said in a statement.

Public was never in danger, police say after blowing up suspicious package

The Canadian PressMay 8, 2013 14:00
OTTAWA - The public was never in danger from a package found Tuesday at the entrance to the main Defence Department building in Ottawa, say authorities. Still, an investigation is underway after the package was found to contain items consistent with what is used to make an improvised explosive device, or IED. An investigation is underway and more details are expected to be released later, says Defence Minister Peter MacKay. "There will be an investigation into this incident," the minister said in a statement.

Cooker parts, metal from victims used in Boston bomb hunt

Agence France-PresseApril 17, 2013 13:01
US investigators on Wednesday scrutinized two shattered pressure cooker bombs and even metal shards taken from the bodies of Boston marathon victims as they hunted the attackers. Ahead of an emotional visit to the city by President Barack Obama to honor the three dead and 180 injured, detectives are concentrating their effort on the two bombs that caused the carnage at the marathon finish line on Monday. With no claim of responsibility made for the attack, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it has launched a "worldwide" hunt for the attackers.

Biden, law enforcement to attend Boston memorial for slain officer

April 17, 2013 10:00
By Scott Malone and Samuel P. Jacobs BOSTON (Reuters) - Thousands of law enforcement agents from around the country plan to attend a memorial on Wednesday for a campus police officer who authorities say was slain by the accused Boston Marathon bombers, and Vice President Joe Biden is slated to speak at the ceremony. The service at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology honours 26-year-old Sean Collier, who police say was shot and killed by Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the MIT campus on Thursday night.

US zeroes in on Boston 'pressure cooker' bombs

April 17, 2013 06:32
US investigators zeroed in Wednesday on the suspected pressure cooker bombs that exploded at the Boston marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 180, as they hunted for perpetrators. The FBI released photographs of mangled metal, the apparent remnant of a pressure cooker, and of a shredded black backpack, where it said one of the bombs was stashed before it exploded, spitting nails and metal pellets into the crowds, causing grisly injuries and deaths.

US zeroes in on Boston 'pressure cooker' bombs

April 17, 2013 02:00
US investigators Tuesday told how two suspected pressure cooker bombs sprayed nails and metal pellets into Boston marathon crowds, killing three people and injuring more than 180. But with no claim of responsibility made and police not committing to blaming foreign or domestic militants, Boston harbored widespread questions about the perpetrators as the city and the nation paid tribute to the dead. US President Barack Obama condemned Monday's attack at the marathon finish line as "an act of terror." He will attend a special service for the victims in Boston on Thursday.

Boston bomb scene pictures show remains of explosive device

April 17, 2013 00:30
(Reuters) - Boston Marathon bomb scene pictures taken by investigators and released on Tuesday show the remains of an explosive device including twisted pieces of a metal container, wires, a battery and what appears to be a small circuit board. A U.S. government official, who declined to be identified, made the pictures available to Reuters.

Boston bombs possibly pressure-cookers full of shrapnel

April 17, 2013 00:16
The deadly explosives detonated at the Boston Marathon were homemade devices full of nails and metal fragments, possibly packed into kitchen pressure cookers, US officials said. A day after an attack that left three dead and more than 180 wounded, the FBI said the crude bombs may have employed pressure cookers, a common tactic seen in attacks from Afghanistan to France since the 1990s.

US steps up hunt for Boston 'pressure cooker' bombers

April 16, 2013 22:15
US investigators told Tuesday how two suspected pressure cooker bombs sprayed nails and metal pellets into Boston marathon crowds, killing three people and injuring more than 180. But with no claim of responsibility made and police not committing to blaming foreign or domestic militants, Boston harbored widespread questions about the perpetrators as the city and the nation paid tribute to the dead US President Barack Obama condemned Monday's attack at the marathon finish line as "an act of terror." He will attend a special service for the victims in Boston on Thursday.
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