Assam: Two IEDs recovered in Guwahati

Police on Wednesday averted an attempt by insurgents to trigger major explosions in Guwahati after it recovered two Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the capital city of Assam. The IEDs have been recovered from Pan Bazar and Paltan Bazar areas Read More …

Bomb disposal team called after explosion in Hong Kong public toilet near housing estate

Hong Kong bomb disposal officers were called in after an explosion in a public toilet on Tuesday night, while in a separate incident police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. The blast wrecked the toilet bowl and Read More …

German Police Find Explosives In Car; Dutch Man Arrested

Police in Hünxe, Germany said that explosives were found during the search of a car at a filling station there. The 25-year-old Dutch driver of the Volkswagen Golf, with license plates from the Netherlands, was detained. “The officers found explosive Read More …

Nigeria: Enugu Police Command neutralise bomb at Nsukka

Enugu State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed that officers from the command neutralised an object suspected to be an explosive device at Millipat Hotel Limited, Nsukka. The command fingered political power-play in the incident but said they are still conducting Read More …

UK: Counter-terror officers arrest man, 38, for explosives offences after bomb disposal experts join police in series of raids on homes in Bradford

A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of explosives offences as a bomb squad joined police searching homes in Bradford. Counter Terrorism Policing North East searched three properties after the ‘discovery of some items’ on Sutton Avenue. A CTPE Read More …

IED on Incendiary Balloon from Gaza Explodes in Southern Israel Community

A homemade bomb tied to a collection of pretty balloons that was flown into southern Israel by Gaza terrorists blew up in a community on Thursday before sappers had time to defuse it. The cluster of balloons, tied to an Read More …

Hong Kong police defuse homemade bomb, arrest four

Hong Kong police have defused a homemade pipe bomb and found equipment suspected of being used to make explosives at residential units in Mong Kok and Sheung Shui. Four men have been arrested in connection with the case. The men, aged 21 Read More …

Turkey destroys hundreds of mines, IEDs in Syria

Turkish security forces have destroyed 891 mines and 1,660 improvised explosive devices in northern Syria within the area of its latest anti-terror operation in the region, the National Defense Ministry said Thursday. “Our commandos meticulously continue clearing mine/IEDs booby-trapped by Read More …

Tayside landmine remover calls on public to make most of doubled donations

Frank Philip MBE, from Kinloch Rannoch, has been among the experts clearing belts of improvised explosive devices (IED) installed by Isis, as well as unexploded devices dating as far back as the 1980s, laid during the nation’s war with Iran. Read More …

Doggone bombs: Team MacDill integrates joint force counter-IED training

Success on the battlefield is dependent upon the ability of Airmen to execute their duties at an optimum level. Units from different specialties lean on each other’s experience and expertise to be able to execute missions with precision. For Airmen Read More …

Edinburgh: Bomb squad carry out controlled explosion after ‘potentially suspicious item’ found in Holyrood Road

A bomb disposal team carried out a controlled explosion tonight after a potentially suspicious item was found in Holyrood Road this afternoon. Police sealed off part of the road outside the Holyrood 9A pub, between St Mary’s Street and a Read More …