A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), [1] is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles.

The explosion was caused by a car bomb carried in a Thor Motor Coach Chateau RV that had been parked at 1:22 am on December 25, 2020, outside an AT&T network facility on Second Avenue North in downtown Nashville.

This is a list of car bomb attacks (including bombs stowed in vans, trucks, buses etc.) that resulted in at least two deaths. Mass car bombings (by date) This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2015) 2020s. Date Country City Deaths

Mar 15, 2021 · The man who detonated a vehicle bomb in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning was driven in part by his belief in conspiracy theories, the FBI said in a report released Monday.

Dec 25, 2020 · Authorities are investigating after an explosion in downtown Nashville early Christmas morning. Metro Nashville police say the explosion was an "intentional act" and sparked by a vehicle blast....

Nov 22, 2023 · A speeding car crashed and exploded on a Niagara Falls bridge connecting the US and Canada Wednesday — killing the driver and his passenger in a fear-inducing incident that shut down several ...

Aug 28, 2021 · A car bombing outside the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville on July 20, 2004 left one man dead and and federal investigators facing a strange mystery.

May 3, 2010 · This weekend's attempted Times Square bombing reminded us of the dangers of "the workhorse of urban terrorism" — the car bomb. Mike Davis gave TomDispatch this history of the first modern car...

A car bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device (VBIED),[1] is an improvised explosive device placed inside a car or other vehicle and then detonated. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupants of...

One day in 1972, known as Bloody Friday, involved the detonation of over 20 car bombs in Belfast. The events of that day, which killed nine people and left 130 people injured, remain a dark...