Pakistan: Two TTP members arrested in Okara

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) claims to have arrested two alleged members of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from the city on Tuesday. According to the first information report (FIR), four CTD personnel, acting on a tip-off, went to check movement Read More …

Germany: Police seize bomb-making supplies in far-right raid

Police arrested four people and seized bomb-making supplies during raids targeting suspected far-right extremists in the western German city of Cologne on Thursday. Officers searched the homes of four men allegedly belonging to the far-right extremist scene. Police said the Read More …

Delhi man arrested at Coimbatore airport for carrying suspected explosive substance

Police said the 31-year-old was carrying packets of a powder that seemed to be in the explosive category of substances; the man claimed it was a type of ore imported from Cambodia The Peelamedu police on Sunday arrested a 31-year-old Read More …

UK: A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices

A financial analyst stored chemicals and electric circuitry that could be used to build explosive devices, a jury at the Old Bailey was told. Asad Bhatti also worked on a computer handbook that included the subject “Jihad and Martyrdom”, the Read More …

Guerrilla tactics offer Ukraine’s best deterrent against Putin’s invasion force

While there is no consensus concerning what current Russian military activity near Ukraine means, it has led to strong statements from US officials. On December 3, the Washington Post reported that US intelligence has found the Kremlin is planning a Read More …

UK: Man is arrested on suspicion of making or possessing an explosive substance in Derby

A man has been arrested and more than 50 houses are evacuated after a number of suspicious items were found during a police search warrant. Officers attended a house in Derbyshire alongside a bomb disposal unit at around 11.30am today Read More …

Uganda: Police discover bomb making materials during operation in Nabweru

The Uganda Police have recovered more bomb making materials in Nabweru a suburb in Kampala during their ongoing operations against suspected Allied Democratic Forces terror cells in the country. Police Spokesperson, Fred Enanga says the Joint Security Team will continue Read More …

Kenya: Lamu welders on the spot for supplying al Shabaab terrorists with explosives

Welders in Lamu county have been accused for cooperating with Al Shabaab militants in the region by helping them manufacture explosives. According to the coast region coordinator John Elungata, welders in areas close to the Boni forest and the Lamu-Somalia Read More …

Somalia: Security forces seize weapons, arrest Al-Shabab suspects in Mogadishu

Security forces in Mogadishu Monday arrested three Al-Shabaab suspects and seized a cache of weapons. The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) said its Dufaan military wing unearthed the weapons which included mortar shells from a bunker operated by Al-Shabaab Read More …

Massachusetts State Police detonate bomb-making material after man assaults officer

The Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad detonated material consistent with the making of explosive devices on Saturday evening, according to a press release from the Eastham Police Department. Eastham Police Officer Gregory Plante tried to serve a trespass notice on Read More …

India: Militant arrested with explosives in Imphal

A combined team of district police commando unit, Imphal East and 15 Assam Rifles, on Thursday arrested one active cadre of proscribed underground organisation PREPAK(Pro) along with improvised explosive device (IED) which was to be planted, reportedly at Mantripukhri, Imphal. Read More …

Uganda arrests four over suspected explosive device

Ugandan police, in a security crackdown following deadly suicide bombings, said Tuesday they had arrested four Somalis for bringing a suspected explosive device into a resort due to host President Yoweri Museveni this week. A week after twin bombings killed Read More …

Israel’s Shin Bet Arrests 50 Members of Hamas Cell Planning Attacks

Israeli security forces arrested dozens of members of a Hamas cell that was in the advanced stages of planning major terror attacks in the West Bank and Israel, the Shin Bet security service said Monday. The effort to uncover the Read More …

UK: Liverpool attacker had been buying bomb parts ‘at least since April’

The Liverpool bomber had been buying bomb components since at least April, police have revealed. Assistant Chief Constable Russ Jackson said that Iraq-born Emad Al Swealmeen had rented a property in Liverpool seven months ago and had started making “relevant Read More …

Washington: Homemade explosive laboratory, underground bunker found at Arlington man’s home

An Arlington man already booked into jail is facing more charges after bomb squad technicians found a homemade explosive laboratory and underground bunker at his home. Deputies with the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home in the 19300 Read More …

Florida: Deputies find stolen Army explosives in Nokomis home

A Nokomis man is facing a slew of charges after deputies found him in possession with stolen explosives from the U.S. Army. A bomb technician with the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office testified that officers were called to a home on Read More …

UK: Man admits stockpiling bomb-making materials after he burnt himself in an explosion

A man is facing a possible life sentence after admitting possessing explosive substances. Michael Pym-Nixson came to the attention of police after paramedics visited his flat in Kingston Upon Thames, south-west London, and treated his hand for burn injuries on Read More …

Philippines: Troops seize bomb-making materials from rebel camp

Army soldiers and policemen overran a suspected abandoned rebel encampment in the Mountain Province on Sunday, October 31, the military and police said. The camp was located at the boundaries of Bantey in Tadian town, Banguitan; in Besao town; and Read More …

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Pakistan: 4 Daesh, al-Qaeda men arrested in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) during an action foiled a major terrorism bid by arresting four members of the Daesh and Al Qaeda during an action in Landikotal area of Khyber district. The official said that during the action, four terrorists were Read More …