- Polish Navy bid to defuse one of WWII’s largest bombs near Baltic coast
October 12, 2020
Polish navy divers have launched an unprecedented operation to “neutralise” one of the largest bombs of the Second World War. The explosive device was discovered last year at the bottom of a shipping channel in Swinoujscie, on the Baltic coast. The five-tonne bomb — nicknamed “Tallboy” and capable of causing a small earthquake — was dropped by ...
- UK: Bomb squad called as Angus beach closed off following ‘explosive’ find
October 12, 2020
An Angus beach was sealed off for almost six hours after suspected explosives were discovered. As reported in The Evening Telegraph, UK Coastguard closed a section of the coastline at Carnoustie after two devices were found by a member of the public at about 12.45pm. An explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) team was called to the incident from ...
- BBC Archive: Bomb blast at Brighton Conservative conference, 1984
October 11, 2020
A bomb attack was made on the Conservative party conference in Brighton on 12 October 1984. The blast tore apart the Brighton Grand Hotel, where Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and members of the Cabinet had been staying for the conference. Five people died in the explosion and 34 were injured. The IRA claimed responsibility for the bomb, ...
- Michigan governor kidnappers attempted to make IEDs and discussed using IIDs to counter first responders
October 10, 2020
State and federal officials have charged 13 men with various offenses related to an alleged coup plotted against Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a scheme that involved months of planning and even rehearsals to kidnap the governor from her vacation home. Of the suspects, seven are facing charges on the state level, while the other six are ...
- Philippines arrests woman suspected of planning suicide attack
October 10, 2020
An Indonesian woman suspected of planning a suicide bomb attack in the southern Philippines was arrested on Saturday in a pre-dawn raid, the military said. The arrest comes less than two months after 15 people were killed and 74 others wounded when two suicide bombers, both of them women, blew themselves up on Jolo island in ...
- Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen S K Saini: Drones stand out among other threats in their destructive potential
October 10, 2020
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) stand out among other threats in their innovative employment and destructive potential, Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen S K Saini said on Saturday. “Considering their (drones) low cost, multi-use and dense proliferation, the threat will no doubt increase manifold in the years to come,” he said during a ...
- Tanker loading crude damaged by floating mine in Yemen
October 9, 2020
A Maltese-flagged tanker has reportedly been damaged by a mine while taking on crude on October 3 outside the Yemeni port of Bir Ali. MV Syra reportedly suffered significant damage, resulting in a oil spill. Sources report that Syra was damaged, but not sunk. In fact, as of 8:30 a.m. EDT, the vessel was underway on ...
- Afghanistan: Roadside Bomb Kills Laghman District Governor
October 8, 2020
Local sources in Laghman province say that Sharif Pacha, the district governor of Dolat Shah district of the province, was killed on Wednesday afternoon, following an explosion. Asadullah Dawlatzai, the spokesman for the Laghman governor, said the blast was caused by a roadside mine, killing two security personnel and wounding two others. According to Dolatozi, the incident ...
- Philippines: Five hurt in NPA attack in Samar
October 8, 2020
Five persons, including two teachers and a policeman, were hurt in an ambush attack by alleged members of the New People’s Army (NPA) on Wednesday in Pinabacdao, Samar. Initial investigation disclosed that two roadside bombs exploded while the PNP patrol car and the white passenger van were traversing Maharlika Highway, in the vicinity of Brgy. Tagbayaon ...
- Australia: Police charge man after firearms, explosives seized at Wellington
October 8, 2020
A man has been charged with multiple firearm-related offences following the execution of a Firearm Prohibition Order in the state’s Orana Region. About 8.50am on Tuesday 29 September 2020, detectives attached to Orana Mid Western Police District attended a home on Caves Road at Wellington where they served the occupant, a 34-year-old man, with Firearm and ...
- Afghanistan: Blast Injures Laghman’s Provincial Council Chief
October 7, 2020
Atiqullah Abdulrahimzai, the head of Laghman’s provincial council was injured in an explosion in eastern Laghman province on Tuesday evening. Local officials confirmed to the press, that the incident happened in Qarghaee district when his vehicle struck a roadside mine, wounding him and four of his security guards. This comes as, a day ago Rahmatullah Yarmal Laghman’s ...
- Roadside bomb blast kills 6 soldiers in Somalia
October 7, 2020
At least six Somali government soldiers were killed and four others wounded when a roadside bomb blast struck a military vehicle in the Middle Shabelle region on Wednesday, an official said. Ibrahim Adan, a police officer in the region told Anadolu Agency over phone that an “improvised explosive blast hit the military vehicle carrying soldiers traveling ...
- Afghanistan: 3 Civilians Killed in Kapisa Roadside Blast
October 7, 2020
At least three civilians, including a woman, were killed in a roadside mine blast in the northeastern province of Kapisa on Wednesday morning, said Shayeq Shoresh, a spokesman for the provincial police chief. The incident happened in Tagab district on Wednesday morning when the civilian’s vehicle struck a roadside mine, said Shoresh. “The roadside mine was placed ...
- UK: Former female PCSO, 34, who now works as staff member at Lincolnshire Police is charged with making explosives and importing weapons
October 7, 2020
A former female police community support officer (PCSO) has been charged with making explosives and importing weapons after a raid on her house. Zoe Watts, 34, was arrested on Sunday after chemicals of a potentially explosive nature were found at her home in Lincoln, according to Lincolnshire Police. She been suspended by the force while an investigation ...
- Afghanistan: ‘Balkh’ Magnetic Bomb wounds 2
October 7, 2020
Local sources in Balkh province say two people were injured when a magnetic mine exploded in the Hairatan Town. Officials report, the incident occurred around 9:30 am Wednesday morning. Munir Ahmad Farhad, the spokesman for the governor of Balkh, confirmed to Khaama Press that two people were wounded in the explosion of a magnetic mine planted in ...
- Royal Navy divers face ‘suicide bombers’ and drone bombs in Nato drill
October 6, 2020
A team from the newly-formed Expeditionary Diving Group joined more than 60 munitions experts dealing with over 300 bombs, mines and homemade explosives to ensure they can neutralise them. The navy divers, based at Horsea Island, faced everything from drone-delivered explosive devices, to 3D-printed mines and a suicide bomber as they practised alongside nine teams from ...
- White supremacists remain deadliest US terror threat, Homeland Security report says
October 6, 2020
White supremacist extremists will remain the deadliest domestic terror threat to the United States, according to the Department of Homeland Security’s first annual homeland threat assessment, which details a range of threats from election interference to unprecedented storms. Since 2018, White supremacists have conducted more lethal attacks in the US than any other domestic extremist movement, ...
- New Zealand: Seven homemade pipe bombs were seized by police
October 6, 2020
Police say two suspects were seen on CCTV at the Chartwell Shopping Centre at around 2.30am today, placing the homemade explosives in groups by the ATM. One detonated and one partially detonated, but five others didn’t detonate at all, police said today. The two people then escaped on foot, without any cash. Hamilton City area commander Inspector Andrea ...
