Bank robber claimed he would detonate a homemade device MERRIMACK – Police are still searching for the man who robbed a Merrimack bank Friday morning, and released a few new details Monday. The suspect placed “a homemade device” and a note demanding money and claiming he would detonate the device on a teller’s counter at the People’s United Bank at Pennichuck Square just before 10:30 a.m. Friday, police said. Police did not say whether the device was ...
June 17, 2013 - The Nashua Telegraph
Dud artillery shells left above Yellowstone pass JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — An unknown number of dud artillery rounds litter the slopes above a remote pass inside Yellowstone National Park, but there are no plans to find and safely detonate them or stop the avalanche control program that uses artillery shells to keep the pass open during the winter.
June 13, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
Yellowstone can't say how many unexploded shells lie above Sylvan Pass, or how to find them JACKSON, Wyo. — An unknown number of dud artillery rounds litter the slopes above a remote pass inside Yellowstone National Park, but there are no plans to find and safely detonate them or stop the avalanche control program that uses artillery shells to keep the pass open during the winter.
June 13, 2013 - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Peter Wright in guardian.co.uk The disaster they contemplated was not long off,Wright said. "They were prepared to board an aircraft with the necessary ingredients and equipment to construct and detonate a device that would bring about not only the loss of their own...
Joe Lockhart in Seattle Times These explosives can be used to blow up airplanes, level buildings, attack our troops and detonate nuclear weapons,Lockhart said.
Michael W Wynne in Sydney Morning Herald It is the electrical firing mechanism that allows the rest of the system to detonate,said Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne.