Loud Blast Heard Near Olympic Cycling Course

BREAKING: Loud blast heard near Olympics cycling course, bomb squad on site -Reuters, citing witness account

Loud Blast Heard Near Olympic Cycling Course

Not much info out there right now, just saw it come across Twitter...
Will update if it turns out to be anything substantial.

a reply to: opethPA

Is it another controlled detonating of an un attended bag?
So far i found 5 controlled explosion dating back to july 30th.

www.zerohedge.com...

www.stuff.co.nz...

Just a couple of examples..

I imagine Brasilia spent less on aesthetics and put all their resources on protection. Look at the Volley Ball stadium.... i wouldnt sit there.😐

asia.eurosport.com...
"Rio 2016 Olympics: Explosion heard at finish line of Rio cycling road race
By Reuters

Just now
A loud blast was heard near the finishing line of the men's cycling road race at the Rio Olympics on Saturday but there were no signs of panic or injuries and the race continued, a Reuters witness said.

Bomb squad agents in protective clothing were operating near the press tribune at the site but the cause of the blast was not immediately clear.

In recent days, bomb squad members have detonated a number of unattended bags in controlled explosions in Rio. "
And this., news.s3.webdigital.hu...
"Bomb squad probing possible blast near cycling finish line
Daily MailOnline (Today) - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A bomb squad is investigating after an apparent blast shook the area near the finish line of the men's cycling road race."

a reply to: Violater1
Just curious, but how do they detonate unattended bags. What is used that explodes, and how is it delivered? Anybody know?

soulwaxer

a reply to: Violater1

Thank you... you drove my point home. 😊

Not that this needs over looked. Still a possible threat.

I bet it is the religion of peace spreading some peace and love among us again

a reply to: opethPA

Watching live on the telly, no apparent chaos ensuing.

a reply to: Spacespider

I bet it was a controlled explosion

ETA: ATS is so slow and keeps timing out! There was a suspicious bag, at I bomb squad preformed a controlled explosion but no other information regarding what was in the bag... Guessing it was someone who forgot their bag.

At this point I have not seen anything else posted about this so it is just as likely that was something benign as it was something ominous.

Will keep looking for updates.

originally posted by: opethPA
At this point I have not seen anything else posted about this so it is just as likely that was something benign as it was something ominous.

Will keep looking for updates.

As usual, i apreciate your dedication. 😊

S&F...

This Olympics has me a bit worried.

It 'may' have been a child tossing a cherrybomb into a toilet... Oh wait, there are no toilets, just drop a deuce on the street and it'll float down to the Canoeing venue and hopefully it'll have dissipated a bit more...

Stay Hydrated (Out of a bottle...)

originally posted by: Bigburgh

originally posted by: opethPA
At this point I have not seen anything else posted about this so it is just as likely that was something benign as it was something ominous.

Will keep looking for updates.

As usual, i apreciate your dedication. 😊

S&F...

This Olympics has me a bit worried.

Yeah man!!! Oddly enough one of the first things I think about when I see something is "cant wait to get that on to ATS!" Think I need a life..

I hear you on this Olympics seeing like a possibility for a disaster. It sucks for the athletes that have spent their whole lives for this chance to have it be this year.

Maybe it was a sonic boom.

a reply to: CantStandIt

Hardly heard anything beyond their normal talk and excitement from them, much like an average stage in the TDF.

a reply to: opethPA

Dont forget😑

There are still the Para and special Olympics.

But hey... China was safer than the Olympics in Georgia USA...

4 thumbs up for getting the information across 😊
I will allways give ya props! 😊

Controlled explosion....

news.sky.com...

CX.

It says in the link they detonated a suspicious package. There is also another report about a bullet going through a media tent.

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