Nearby residents in an Orangevale neighborhood were told to shelter in place Wednesday after Folsom police detectives found drugs, cash, guns and explosives in a home. An extensive Folsom Police Department investigation targeting someone prohibited from owning or possessing firearms led detectives to the home in the 9100 block of Golden Gate Avenue in Orangevale, […]
Imagine you’re driving to work on a rainy day, when a distracted, reckless driver hits your car out of nowhere. With a “boom,” an air bag deploys faster than you can blink your eyes to save your life. That air bag deployed rapidly thanks to an energetic material called sodium azide, which generates nitrogen gas […]
Authorities in Moldova say they have destroyed explosives discovered in a part of a Shahed drone that crashed on its territory from the war in neighbouring Ukraine. Police said that 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives were discovered during an investigation of the Shahed drone parts found on Sunday at a crash site near Moldova’s […]
Authorities in Moldova say they have destroyed explosives discovered in a part of a Shahed drone that crashed on its territory from the war in neighbouring Ukraine. Police said that 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives were discovered during an investigation of the Shahed drone parts found on Sunday at a crash site near Moldova’s […]
When examining the crash site of a Russian Shahed-type drone near the border with Ukraine, Moldovan authorities discovered the drone’s warhead containing about 50 kilograms of explosives, Moldova’s Border Police reported on Feb. 12. The drone fragments were found on Feb. 11, not long after a Russian strike against Odesa Oblast, which borders Moldova. Chisinau […]
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Moldova said Monday they will destroy explosives discovered in a part of a Shahed drone that crashed on its territory from the war in neighboring Ukraine, while the foreign minister condemned Russia’s “constant barbaric attacks” across the border. Police said that 50 kilograms (110 pounds) of explosives were discovered […]
The Embassy of Ukraine in Tbilisi is checking the data of the Georgian special services regarding the cargo with explosives that was allegedly transported from Odesa to Voronezh, Russia, they reported on Facebook on Feb. 6. The diplomats said they are checking all the circumstances, including reports of Ukrainian citizens’ involvement in illegal activities. “The […]
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A donkey cart carrying a suspected improvised bomb blew up at a checkpoint on the Kenya-Somalia border Thursday, killing one Kenyan police officer and critically wounding four others, authorities said. A Kenyan police report seen by The Associated Press said the cart pulled by two donkeys and ridden by one man […]
An Orangevale man pleaded not guilty Wednesday after he was arrested last week on suspicion of detonating an improvised explosive device and planting several others across El Dorado and Sacramento counties. Benjamin Cunha, 41, was arrested last Friday after an investigation by the FBI, California Highway Patrol and El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, the CHP […]
Last year saw the highest number of civilian casualties killed or injured by explosives in more than a decade, according to new research. The UK-based charity Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) recorded a 122% percent increase in civilian fatalities caused by explosives in 2023. The rise is largely due to the war being fought between […]