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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'homemadebomb'

May 16, 2008

Brooklyn prosecutors have charged a landlord with trying to kill a tenant. Yung Tang is accused of attempted murder, assault and arson for the 2002 incident. According to prosecutors, Tang wanted to evict tenant Israel Halberstam, who was $100,000 behind on rent on an electronics showroom space. Tang planted a homemade bomb under Halberstam's minivan; when the tenant moved his vehicle, the bomb exploded and he lost a leg. Initially, the incident worried people that......

Continue Reading "Landlord Accused of Putting Bomb Under Tenant's Car"

April 10, 2008

A pair of students at Mark Twain JHS School 239 for the Gifted and Talented in Brooklyn were a little too enterprising for their own good. They were "hauled out of class yesterday after trying to peddle a homemade chemical bomb." While the school will discipline them, they were arrested and charged with conspiracy. The two 13-year-olds (honors students!) were telling a third friend about a Youtube video (of course) of a homemade bomb made......

Continue Reading "Reading, Writing, and Retailing Bomb Recipes"

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