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Hong Kong police found 14kg of dangerous substances and an improvised bomb at an abandoned school in eastern Kowloon on Saturday, with a senior officer saying some of the chemicals appeared to be from the campus of Polytechnic University occupied Read More …
Police say they seized a batch of circuit boards that were of a similar design to those installed in two remote-controlled devices found in December A 20-year-old postsecondary student has been arrested in connection with the manufacture of two powerful Read More …
Hong Kong’s police chief received an improvised explosive device at his headquarters on Monday, though no one was injured and evacuation was deemed unnecessary. At an afternoon press briefing, police said the attack represented an “open challenge” and warned against Read More …
Hong Kong authorities say they have seized “significant quantities of homemade explosives” and arrested more than a dozen people in raids across the city. The pre-dawn raids on Sunday were in connection with an alleged campaign to get the government to Read More …
Hong Kong bomb disposal officers were called in after an explosion in a public toilet on Tuesday night, while in a separate incident police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. The blast wrecked the toilet bowl and Read More …
The Hong Kong police said two homemade bombs were found Sunday on a train arriving at Hong Kong’s Lo Wu station, condemning the perpetrators for “taking a big step towards terrorism.” The two improvised explosive devices were concealed in a Read More …
An improvised explosive device was discovered in a rubbish bin at the Shenzhen Bay Control Point on Tuesday morning, just 12 hours after a Hong Kong public toilet was set ablaze by a suspected home-made bomb, making it the third Read More …
A suspected small-scale homemade bomb exploded at a general hospital in Hong Kong on Monday, causing the temporary evacuation of some patients but no injuries, police said. The incident came after a group of protesters on Sunday set alight the Read More …
Hong Kong police have defused a homemade pipe bomb and found equipment suspected of being used to make explosives at residential units in Mong Kok and Sheung Shui. Four men have been arrested in connection with the case. The men, aged 21 Read More …
Detectives investigating the seizure of two powerful home-made bombs at a Hong Kong school campus believe they were intended for an attack on police at a massive anti-government march over the weekend, sources said on Tuesday. The apparent bomb plot, Read More …
The explosive device, set off with a mobile phone, indicated an escalation in the street-level arms race between police officers and the protesters. HONG KONG — A homemade bomb was detonated in Hong Kong on Sunday amid violent protests, the police Read More …
A suspected improvised explosive device (IED) was found in Mong Kok near police vans during a protest on Sunday. At around 8pm, riot police were clearing protester roadblocks on Nathan Road before a loud bang was heard near the T.O.P mall Read More …
Police in Hong Kong are warning of possible violence on the eve of another mass protest against a controversial extradition bill after making “the largest seizure” of explosives in the territory. The seizure came on the day that thousands of pro-government supporters Read More …
Ready to retire after 30 unforgettable years with police force helping protect city, senior superintendent believes not in luck but discipline From serving as a personal bodyguard for Hong Kong’s last British governor to overseeing the city’s bomb squad to Read More …
Local police finished defusing a World War II bomb on Friday in a construction site in China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, after 20 hours of operation, the third time in the same location this year. The bomb was discovered Read More …
After two bomb disposal operations that lasted 50 hours in total over the past five days, the Hong Kong police unit responsible for disarming explosives can finally take a breather. Fifteen officers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Bureau (EOD) worked Read More …