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Noun

parcel bomb - a thin explosive device inside an envelope or package and detonated when opened

bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions

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parcel bomb

n (Brit) → Paketbombe f

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parcel bomb

n (Brit) → pacchetto esplosivo

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In October, The Journal reported that Mr Mazin Albarq was the subject of a complaint that he told a class at St Bede's RC School, Lanchester, County Durham, how to make a parcel bomb and put it on their bus.

`Bomb' on school bus ( no charges

A supply teacher is facing a police probe after claims he told pupils he could put a parcel bomb on their school bus.

Teacher's `bomb joke' backfires

Keith Cottingham has denied the parcel bomb murder of 53year-old grandmother Barbara Harrold on May 27, 1984 at her home near Sevenoaks, Kent.

Murder trial delay

In October last year, Secretary Of State Theresa Villiers was targeted with a parcel bomb along with PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott and the Public Prosecution Service in Derry.

DISSIDENTS HIT 4 ARMY OFFICES; Parcel bombs are first mainland attack for 13 years

JOHN COLLINS says the parcel bomb campaign against Celtic boss Neil Lennon has put him off the idea of managing his old club.

JOB COLL I'D REJECT

In its statement, the group also condemned the U.S.-Saudi intelligence cooperation that led to the discovery of the parcel bomb plot.

Qaeda denies plot to target Muslim pilgrims

SANAA: Germany's ban on passenger flights from Yemen following a global parcel bomb alert is "unjustified," state news agency Saba on Wednesday quoted Prime Minister Ali Mohammad Mujawar as saying.

Yemen PM says German ban on passenger flights 'unjustified'

Meanwhile, Dubai Police Chief Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim confirmed yesterday the parcel bomb passed through two countries before coming to Dubai.

Suspicious package shipped from Sana'a on a Qatar Airways plane

A teacher who was reported to police for allegedly telling pupils he knew how to plant a parcel bomb on their school bus has been dismissed by the agency that supplied him.

Teacher loses job over `bomb threat'

It was set up in memory of an anti-apartheid campaigner, who was killed by a parcel bomb in 1982.

Pupils shown Sho Sho