‘MINECRAFT TERRORIST’: Teenage extremist hid bomb-making manuals inside Minecraft video game guides

A teenage extremist hid bomb-making manuals inside Minecraft video game guides, a court heard today. Connor Burke, 18, is charged with possessing and sharing banned publications, including one called Anarchy Cookbook Version 2000 and another called The Improvised Munitions Handbook. Read More …

Cambodian dog, Kunthea, boards flight to South Sudan for demining works

Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s director-general, Heng Ratana said Kunthea, born in Cambodia and trained by CMAC technicians, was ordered by APOPO-Anti-Persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling for mine and UXO clearance mission in South Sudan. Kunthea is one of the six Read More …

UK: Bomb disposal units called to Southend-on-Sea after WWII bombs found washed up on coast

Bomb disposal units have been repeatedly called out to the Essex coast after several suspected ordnances were found. Between February 27 and March 1, HM Coastguard in Southend-on-Sea were called to areas along the coastline after several devices, believed to Read More …

UK: Man arrested after pipe bomb was discovered under hedge in ‘sleepy village’ in Nottinghamshire

Residents in a ‘sleepy village’ have spoken of their shock after an explosive device was found under a hedge. A man has been arrested after a small, pipe-bomb like device was found in Church Laneham on Sunday. Police were called Read More …

California: Pipe bomb and loaded gun found at south Sacramento elementary school

Authorities on Tuesday found a pipe bomb and a loaded homemade gun near the front office of Baker Elementary School in south Sacramento, sheriff’s officials said. The pipe bomb and the homemade gun, also known as a “zip gun,” were Read More …

Exeter WW2 bomb: Doors and windows ‘blown through’

Properties in Exeter are being assessed for structural damage after the controlled detonation of a World War Two bomb. A structural engineer said doors and windows of nearby houses had been “blown through” by the blast. Hundreds of people evacuated Read More …

MAIEDs aka ‘Sticky bombs’ in Kashmir set off alarm bells among Indian forces

Small, magnetic bombs that have wreaked havoc in Afghanistan seized during raids in recent months in the disputed region, officials say. Security forces in Indian-administered Kashmir are alarmed by the recent arrival in the disputed region of small, magnetic bombs Read More …