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Kenyan security forces have killed four al-Shabab terror suspects and injured several others after raiding the militant group’s camp in Garissa County, northeast part of the country, the police confirmed Wednesday. The police said the security forces raided the al-Shabab hideout Read More …
Police are investigating the discovery of industrial explosives at a bus stop in the Kamukunji area, Nairobi. The cargo was found along Kumasi Road, outside a bus booking office, police said. It is not clear if the cargo had arrived Read More …
The detection of dangerous objects in X-ray images of baggage has become important, particularly due to rising crime rates. The performance of screening devices is strongly influenced by the target visibility, image display technology, and the security officers’ knowledge. However, Read More …
The Springfield FBI set off several homemade explosives Wednesday as part of a workshop making sure law enforcement, first responders and others are aware of the chemicals used to make them. “We teach them a classroom portion on the dangers Read More …
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has arrested a man in Kiambu suspected of being a terrorist linked to the Somalia-based extremist group Al-Shabaab. The suspect, a 41-year-old man, led detectives to his house in Riruta area of Dagoreti, Kiambu Read More …
The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on Saturday said it has arrested 13 alleged terrorists including “three key Daesh commanders” during an intelligence-based operation from different cities of the province. In a statement issued today, the CTD said the arrested Read More …
A Florida man was arrested after he left a homemade pipe bomb in a car wash trash can, according to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. Anthony Ray West, a 58-year-old electrical engineer, was arrested and charged with manufacturing an explosive device Read More …
Authorities say they rushed to arrest a 17-year-old boy, alleging he was preparing to build bombs and select targets after being in touch with an al-Qaida affiliate in Syria. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced the arrest Monday, calling details Read More …
On Sunday (August 6), a large cache of explosives was recovered by the police near Radipur village in the Rampurhat subdivision in the Birbhum district of West Bengal. As per reports, the cops raided an abandoned house based on a Read More …
Israeli forces located an explosives workshop in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday containing hundreds of IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) as well as mines intended for use against armored vehicles. The fighters also confiscated radios and military equipment and an Read More …
Farmers, growers and buying co-operatives are being warned about an impending change in the law which will require them to provide photo ID when purchasing ammonium nitrate fertilisers from 1 October 2023. According to the Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC), the Read More …
Safety concerns are rising in Northport after a man was found unconscious in the Publix parking lot with a rifle and ‘improvised explosive’ in the vehicle. Monday afternoon, July 17. “Having the car being prepared to be towed deputies located Read More …
The Ahmednagar district police, in a joint operation with the Military Intelligence (MI) unit of the Southern Command in Pune, arrested a scrap dealer near his house in Karjune Khare on Friday evening for illegal possession of ammunition and explosives. Read More …
All sorts of munitions have been dropped from drones ranging from hand grenades to Molotov balloons to mortar rounds and even blocks of explosive. In this article/video, the authors look at a couple of interesting examples of improvised munitions. In Read More …
A 39-year-old Mount Olive man is facing up to 95 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines after being found guilty this week by a federal jury on multiple weapons charges A federal jury convicted Christopher Arthur on Read More …
At an industrial estate near Kyiv, a group of engineers stand next to a tube. The metal device is part of a homemade rocket. After twiddling with an ignition cable, the engine sparks into flame. There is a terrifying, ear-splitting Read More …
A man with numerous firearms and materials to make an explosive was arrested Thursday in former President Barack Obama’s Washington, DC, neighborhood after claiming on an internet livestream that he had a detonator, law enforcement officials told CNN. Taylor Taranto, Read More …
The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claimed on Saturday to have arrested six suspects belonging to different banned outfits during operations in different areas of Punjab. The spokesman says that 415 grams of explosive material, one hand grenade, one improvised explosive Read More …
A gun and silencer seized during a search operation targeting the New IRA in Londonderry were to be “used in a violent attack on police”, a detective has said. Detectives from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit (TIU) recovered the suspected Read More …
In this video Ukrainian troops get a lesson on covert bomb making. British explosives and counterinsurgency specialist pass on decades of know-how to soldiers already well-versed in normal frontline combat. “Killing somebody, blowing up property, we’re showing just how it’s Read More …