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Entries from LAist tagged with 'bombsquad'

July 2, 2008

Today's bomb threat at LAX played out smoothly with no harm to anyone except for heavily clogged traffic and airline customers experiencing some delayed or missed flights. Shortly before 11 a.m., a man approached airport police who were in the midst of a routine traffic stop and told them he was a "terrorist" and that he had a bomb in his backpack. He was detained immediately as officials shut down traffic and waited for LAPD's......

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July 2, 2008

iPhone photo of people walking around the streets of LAX Update: View updated story and photo gallery here. Original post below.Traffic has been blocked and gridlocked at LAX at the upper and lower levels of the airport after a man, reportedly between the ages of 20 and 25, went up to police in front of the Tom Bradley International Terminal and claimed he was a terrorist with a bomb in his bag, according to......

Continue Reading "LAX Traffic Lanes Closed After 'Terrorist' Tells Police He Has Bomb*"

February 8, 2008

What a man had been in procession of for some time and brought to a Huntington Beach fire station at Heil Ave. and Springdale was not something the firefighters wanted in their house. They evacuated and called the Orange County Bomb squad who in turn called Marines from Camp Pendleton who are expected to arrive at 3:00 p.m. A man bought what he thought was a dummy mortar round from an estate sale. He planned......

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