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The Punjab’s Counterterrorism Department (CTD) Tuesday claimed to have arrested two terrorists involved in the New Anarkali bomb blast. Three people had died and 33 others were injured in the blast in Lahore’s Anarkali in January. The arrested terrorists were Read More …
RCMP seized homemade pipe bombs, bomb-making equipment, weapons and ammunition during a noon-hour raid on a home in Moncton on Thursday. Police say an investigation has been underway for some time and led to a search warrant being executed at Read More …
A bag containing 54 detonators with a low intensity explosives were found in front of Nagpur Railway station’s main gate on Monday evening. According to the police, a black bag was spotted by a police personnel lying at the railway Read More …
A teenage boy has been detained after the discovery of homemade bomb parts inside a house – which prompted a major emergency services response and evacuations. Police descended on a residential street in the Chorley area of Lancashire after reports Read More …
In a big breakthrough, Karnal district police arrested four terror suspects near Bastara toll plaza on Thursday. The suspects were arrested with weapons, ammunition and IEDs. Following the arrests, the Punjab Police on Thursday released a statement mentioning the weaponry Read More …
The Shin Bet security service says it has foiled an attempt by the Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group to enlist residents of the West Bank to commit attacks against Israeli targets. The agency says several Palestinians from the Jenin Read More …
After the United States and coalition partners invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003, it was not long before improvised explosive devices – sometimes called roadside bombs or simply IEDs – began to take a toll. Less sophisticated at first, and Read More …
A wide spectrum of materials can be used to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs). These include both military and civilian commercial products. The variety in design and means of deployment of IEDs vastly complicates efforts to regulate and control Read More …
The Joint Operations Command alongside the Counter-Terrorism Service and Special Forces with support of the Air Force and Army Aviation seized and destroyed numerous IEDs, shells, mortars, 52 kg of ammonia nitrate and various bomb-making materials in Kirkuk Governorate and Read More …
Gallant troops of Operation LAKE SANITY today neutralized several terrorists and recovered weapons/ equipment around the Lake Chad axis. BokoHaram/ISWAP Central Vehicle Fabrication Workshop & several bunkers were also discovered and destroyed. Additionally, troops also discovered and destroyed Vehicle Borne Read More …
Even as the sleuths of Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) are busy scanning the terror angle in the lone wolf attack on Gorakhnath temple last Sunday, the recovery of five bomb-like shells with digital timers near Safedabad railway station in Barabanki sent Read More …
A man who stockpiled bomb-making materials to prepare for an apocalypse was caught after an explosion in his home. Michael Pym-Nixson, 54, was “obsessed with the breakdown of society” and taught himself how to create weapons to defend himself, a Read More …
FSB employees detained a supporter of Ukrainian neo-Nazis involved in the illicit possession of explosive devices and substances, the press service of the FSB Directorate for the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol told journalists on Monday. “It Read More …
The Joint Operations Command forces alongside Popular Mobilization units seized and destroyed terrorist hideouts, an improvised explosive device lab, IEDs, bomb-making materials and ammunition including Katyusha rockets in joint operations in Nineveh, Saladin and Al Anbar Governorates. بعد أن شرعت Read More …
The Nigerian Army says troops of operation Desert Sanity have discovered workshops for making improvised explosive devices (IED) in Sambisa forest. The army disclosed this on Saturday in a post on its social media pages. “In continuation with the ongoing Read More …
Authorities found bomb-making materials, a partial improvised explosive device, smoke bombs and firework mortars inside a Henrico County home last week, according to a search warrant. The investigation forced some nearby residents to leave their homes until the next day. Read More …
A San Francisco Bay Area man has been arrested after police found an incendiary device and bomb-making materials in his apartment, authorities said. The 27-year-old man, who has not been identified, came under police scrutiny after detectives police connected him Read More …
Anti-terrorist units arrested an ISIS leader in the northern Syrian city of Manbij on Friday, local security officials said. According to a statement released by the Manbij Military Council (MMC), the MMC’s anti-terrorism unit arrested the ISIS leader Jihad Jamal Read More …
Researchers from the Department of Organic Chemistry at the IISc have developed a paper-based sensor for detecting tiny volumes of hydrogen peroxide, a chemical used widely in household and healthcare products like hand sanitiser as a disinfectant, in rocket fuel Read More …
Philippine authorities said they arrested the second wife of Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Mundi Sawadjaan in a joint operation in Barangay Tulay in Jolo, Sulu Saturday. In a statement, the Joint Task Force Sulu said it arrested a certain Nursitta Mahalli Read More …