Building bombings and 14-year-old hitmen, organised crime overwhelms Sweden

In less than 15 years, Sweden has gone from being one of the world’s safest countries to having the highest rate of gun homicides in the entire EU (double that of Croatia, the second highest) and a number of explosions Read More …

Syria: Car bomb kills 4, injures 20 in Azaz

At least four people were killed and 20 injured late Saturday in a car bomb attack that rocked a bustling market in Syria’s northern city of Azaz, according to local sources. The attack in the heart of Azaz’s vibrant marketplace Read More …

New York: Man arrested after explosive devices found during FBI investigation

A man faces charges after an FBI investigation forced the evacuation of a downtown building Thursday afternoon. Vincenzo Cilino, 24, of Rochester, was taken into custody while the FBI and Rochester police were executing a search warrant at 214 Andrews Read More …

Ohio: Purchase Two Bomb Suites and Remote Control Units for Mentor PD

The City of Mentor will receive sealed bids at the Purchasing Office, 8500 Civic Center Blvd., Mentor, Ohio 44060, until 10:00 AM (local time) on April 12, 2024 for: PURCHASE TWO (2) BOMB SUITS AND TWO (2) BOMB SUIT REMOTE Read More …

Ukrainian bomb disposal team defuse Russian aerial bomb in Kharkiv Oblast

A State Emergency Service bomb disposal team has seized and destroyed an OFAB-250 aerial bomb in Kharkiv Oblast. “Yesterday, after the latest attack by the Russian army on the border village of Ruska Lozova, an enemy OFAB-250 high-explosive fragmentation aerial Read More …

India: IED explosion rocks Manipur’s Jiribam, no casualties reported

Ahead of Lok Sabha elections, a suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast has shaken a village in Manipur’s Jiribam district on Friday. According to reports, the explosion rocked Durgapur village in Borobekra sub-division of Jiribam district in the wee hours Read More …

UK: At least 15 ill after suspected poisoning at jail

Six people are in hospital after a suspected food poisoning incident at Lewes Prison. A further 10 or 11 people have been treated, with deliberately-contaminated food being considered as a possible cause. Of those in hospital three are prisoners. Another Read More …

Massachusetts: Robotic police dog shot multiple times, helped avoid bloodshed

Roscoe, a robotic dog, is being thanked by state police in Massachusetts for helping avert a tragedy involving a person barricaded in a home. The robot dog was part of the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad and deployed on March Read More …

Syria: One killed, two others injured in IED explosion in Damascus countryside

On Thursday, media sources revealed that one person was killed and two others were injured when an explosive device exploded in a car belonging to an officer in the Damascus government forces in the town of Jdeidet Artouz al-Balad in Read More …

Germany: Arson suspected in fire that killed Turkish-Bulgarian family in Solingen

A fire that claimed the lives of a Turkish-Bulgarian family in Solingen was apparently an arson attack, German authorities said on Wednesday. During the preliminary investigation “clear remains of an accelerant” were found in the wooden stairwell of the four-story Read More …