Bomb scare

WWII bomb found in Hong Kong defused after mass evacuation

A massive WWII-era US bomb discovered in Hong Kong triggered the evacuation of thousands before being safely defused by police bomb experts in a high-risk operation.

Members of the explosive ordinance disposal unit inspect a defused US-made bomb (C), dropped during World War II, that was found inside a construction site at the junction of Convention Avenue and Hung Hing Road in the Wan Chai district of Hong Kong on May 11, 2018.
German police guard the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, before the German presidential election in Berlin, February 12, 2017

WWII bomb forces overnight evacuation in central Berlin

 EasyJet airplane

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 A person works by a cordoned off area near the Cologne Cathedral, after the discovery of World War II-era bombs during exploratory work, affecting over 20,000 people, who had to be evacuated on June 4, 2025, in Cologne, Germany.

Discovery of wartime bombs prompts large-scale evacuation in Cologne, Germany


'In the Name of Palestine': Pennsylvania State Capitol evacuated after bomb threat

Email threatened to trigger devices if Biden didn't denounce Israel.

 A general view of the Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 17, 2021.

At least four New York City synagogues receive bomb threats

Bomb threats target New York City synagogues, including LGBTQ-oriented and Reform congregations. Mark Treyger denounces the timing on Holocaust Remembrance Day eve amid rising antisemitism.

 New York

NYC synagogues, museum receive fake bomb threats, New York officials say

All incidents continue to be investigated by the New York Police Department.

 An NYPD law enforcement official stands guard after establishing a closed perimeter on campus around student protesters at Columbia University during a comprehensive operation to clear campus of protesters in support of Palestinians

Synagogue bomb threat is dramatized in Oscars ad against antisemitism by Robert Kraft

The 60-second Oscars ad depicts what happened in Attleboro, Massachusetts, last fall when Congregation Agudas Achim, a Reconstructionist synagogue, was evacuated because of a bomb threat.

 The "Neighbors" ad depicts a church welcoming in a nearby synagogue after a bar mitzvah service was interrupted by a bomb threat.

Pro-Palestinian protesters block NYPD from addressing bomb threat, official claims

An Uber driver discovered a grenade in the back of his car, but NYPD was unable to arrive at the scene quickly enough because pro-Palestinian protesters were blocking the streets.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest in Times Square on the second day of the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., October 8, 2023

Oklahoma University evacuated over anti-Israel bomb scare

The message left by the suspicious package read "Ignore this like you do genocide. 28,000 and counting. Silence is complicity."

Gould Hall on the campus of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma (United States).

Bomb explodes outside ministry in Athens, no injuries

A Greek newspaper received a phone call by an unknown caller that a bomb had been planted at the ministry and had informed the police who cordoned off the area before the explosion.

 Police officers are seen in Athens, Greece, June 23, 2021

London primary school considers closure over bomb threats amid Palestine flag row

The school was the site of protests in December after parents were asked to speak to their children about inappropriate comments made on school grounds relating to the Israel-Hamas war.

 An empty classroom.

US Jews suffer nearly 200 swatting, false bomb threats throughout weekend

In recent days, law enforcement in Ohio and California have announced the arrest of alleged perpetrators of a high volume of swatting activity and false bomb threats.

 SWAT officers aiming guns (illustrative).

Synagogue bomb threats in Massachusetts heighten concerns in local communities

Weiss mentioned that the email provided a phone number for further information.

 Park East Synagogue