On February 20th, we covered how Ted Kaczynski (the “Unabomber”) blew up a computer store in 1987. Today marked the end of his reign of terror as he was finally arrested on April 3, 1996. A recluse who was anti-technology, he probably would not have been caught without his brother having turned him in. Here are 10 civilian people who are known for bombing, good or bad. (For our companion list of military bombers, please see this article).
Digging Deeper
10. Richard Colvin Reid.
Known as “The Shoe Bomber,” Reid is English born and a convert to Islam. Only 3 months after the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center attacks Reid tried to blow an airliner up with a bomb hidden in his shoes. A bungler that joined al Qaeda (the terrorist outfit) in Afghanistan, Reid was unable to get the explosives to detonate and was arrested. He now sits in jail for the rest of his life
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