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In Pakistan, in March 2010, six employees of [[World Vision International]] were killed by a remotely detonated pressure cooker bomb.[{{cite web |url=http://info.publicintelligence.net/DHSpressurecookerieds.pdf |title=ROLL CALL RELEASE; (U) Prepared by the DHS/I&A Homeland Counterterrorism Division, the FBI/Directorate of Intelligence, and the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group; Warning: This document is UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (U//FOUO). Pressure Cookers as IED Components |publisher=publicintelligence.net |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428060839/http://info.publicintelligence.net/DHSpressurecookerieds.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}] In October 2012, French police found a makeshift pressure cooker with bomb-making materials near Paris as part of an investigation into an attack on a [[kosher]] grocery store. |
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In Pakistan, in March 2010, six employees of [[World Vision International]] were killed by a remotely detonated pressure cooker bomb.[{{cite web |url=http://info.publicintelligence.net/DHSpressurecookerieds.pdf |title=ROLL CALL RELEASE; (U) Prepared by the DHS/I&A Homeland Counterterrorism Division, the FBI/Directorate of Intelligence, and the Interagency Threat Assessment and Coordination Group; Warning: This document is UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (U//FOUO). Pressure Cookers as IED Components |publisher=publicintelligence.net |access-date=April 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428060839/http://info.publicintelligence.net/DHSpressurecookerieds.pdf |archive-date=April 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}] In October 2012, French police found a makeshift pressure cooker with bomb-making materials near Paris as part of an investigation into an attack on a [[kosher]] grocery store. |
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Two pressure cooker bombs were used in the [[Boston Marathon bombings]] in April 2013.[{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/04/16/glance-pressure-cooker-bombs/MYVLq4WWSAOVsVjCMIiP2N/story.html |title=AP Glance: Pressure Cooker Bombs |access-date=April 16, 2013 |date=April 16, 2013 |agency=Associated Press |last1=Vinograd |first1=Cassandra |last2=Dodds |first2=Paisley |work=The Boston Globe |archive-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422145145/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/04/16/glance-pressure-cooker-bombs/MYVLq4WWSAOVsVjCMIiP2N/story.html |url-status=live }}] The pressure cookers were filled with nails, [[Ball (bearing)|ball bearings]], and [[black powder]]. Initially, it was believed the devices were triggered by kitchen-type egg timers,[{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/officials-investigate-boston-explosions.html|title=Boston Bombs Were Loaded to Maim|work=New York Times|date=April 16, 2013|access-date=April 16, 2013|first1=Katharine Q.|last1=Seelye|first2=Eric|last2=Schmitt|first3=Scott|last3=Shane|archive-date=April 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418010110/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/officials-investigate-boston-explosions.html|url-status=live}}] however, subsequent evidence indicated a remote device was used to trigger the bombs.[{{cite news|title=Congressman: Boston bombs triggered by remote control|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congressman-boston-bombs-triggered-by-remote-control/|access-date=1 October 2013|newspaper=CBS News|date=24 April 2013|archive-date=October 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031193353/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57581244/congressman-boston-bombs-triggered-by-remote-control/|url-status=live}}] One of the bombers, [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], told investigators that he learned the technique from an article in ''Inspire'' magazine.[{{cite news |url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/23/17877288-search-of-tsarnaevs-phones-computers-finds-no-indication-of-accomplice-source-says?lite |title=Search of Tsarnaevs' phones, computers finds no indication of accomplice, source says |publisher=nbcnews.com |access-date=April 25, 2013 |archive-date=April 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081738/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/23/17877288-search-of-tsarnaevs-phones-computers-finds-no-indication-of-accomplice-source-says?lite |url-status=live }}] |
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Two pressure cooker bombs were used in the [[Boston Marathon bombings]] in April 2013.[{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/04/16/glance-pressure-cooker-bombs/MYVLq4WWSAOVsVjCMIiP2N/story.html |title=AP Glance: Pressure Cooker Bombs |access-date=April 16, 2013 |date=April 16, 2013 |agency=Associated Press |last1=Vinograd |first1=Cassandra |last2=Dodds |first2=Paisley |work=The Boston Globe |archive-date=April 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130422145145/http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/04/16/glance-pressure-cooker-bombs/MYVLq4WWSAOVsVjCMIiP2N/story.html |url-status=live }}] The pressure cookers were filled with nails, [[Ball (bearing)|ball bearings]], and [[black powder]]. Initially, it was believed the devices were triggered by kitchen-type egg timers,[{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/officials-investigate-boston-explosions.html|title=Boston Bombs Were Loaded to Maim|work=New York Times|date=April 16, 2013|access-date=April 16, 2013|first1=Katharine Q.|last1=Seelye|first2=Eric|last2=Schmitt|first3=Scott|last3=Shane|archive-date=April 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418010110/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/us/officials-investigate-boston-explosions.html|url-status=live}}] however, subsequent evidence indicated a remote device was used to trigger the bombs.[{{cite news|title=Congressman: Boston bombs triggered by remote control|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congressman-boston-bombs-triggered-by-remote-control/|access-date=1 October 2013|newspaper=CBS News|date=24 April 2013|archive-date=October 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031193353/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57581244/congressman-boston-bombs-triggered-by-remote-control/|url-status=live}}] One of the bombers, [[Dzhokhar Tsarnaev]], told investigators that he learned the technique from an article in ''Inspire'' magazine.[{{cite news |url=http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/23/17877288-search-of-tsarnaevs-phones-computers-finds-no-indication-of-accomplice-source-says?lite |title=Search of Tsarnaevs' phones, computers finds no indication of accomplice, source says |publisher=nbcnews.com |access-date=April 25, 2013 |archive-date=April 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425081738/http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/23/17877288-search-of-tsarnaevs-phones-computers-finds-no-indication-of-accomplice-source-says?lite |url-status=live }}] |
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On January 20, 2023, Mohammad Farooq, a student nurse, was arrested outside the maternity ward of [[St James's University Hospital]] in [[Leeds]], after planning to detonate a homemade pressure cooker bomb inside the hospital. A patient at the hospital had talked Farooq down from detonating the bomb.[{{cite news|last=Corbishley|first=Sam|date=March 22, 2025|title=How hero patient spent two hours talking terrorist out of blowing hospital up|url=https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/22/hero-patient-spent-two-hours-talking-terrorist-blowing-hospital-22772646/|work=Metro|access-date=May 24, 2025}}] Farooq was sentenced to 37 years.[{{cite web|author=|date=March 21, 2025|title=UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Man jailed for taking bomb to hospital and planning attack on RAF base|url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/updated-sentence-man-jailed-taking-bomb-hospital-and-planning-attack-raf-base|publisher=[[Crown Prosecution Service]]|access-date=May 24, 2025}}] |
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On January 20, 2023, Mohammad Farooq, a student nurse, was arrested outside the maternity ward of [[St James's University Hospital]] in [[Leeds]], after planning to detonate a homemade pressure cooker bomb inside the hospital. A patient at the hospital had talked Farooq down from detonating the bomb.[{{cite news|last=Corbishley|first=Sam|date=March 22, 2025|title=How hero patient spent two hours talking terrorist out of blowing hospital up|url=https://metro.co.uk/2025/03/22/hero-patient-spent-two-hours-talking-terrorist-blowing-hospital-22772646/|work=Metro|access-date=May 24, 2025}}] Farooq was sentenced to 37 years.[{{cite web|author=|date=March 21, 2025|title=UPDATED WITH SENTENCE: Man jailed for taking bomb to hospital and planning attack on RAF base|url=https://www.cps.gov.uk/cps/news/updated-sentence-man-jailed-taking-bomb-hospital-and-planning-attack-raf-base|publisher=[[Crown Prosecution Service]]|access-date=May 24, 2025}}] |
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