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The National Security Guard (NSG) alerted authorities about the recent spike in the use of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) by ‘terror groups’ due to easy availability of individual components and chemicals. The NSP submitted a report in this regard to Read More …
A man has pleaded guilty to a string of charges, including admitting to gathering parts to make a homemade bomb and visiting British Army barracks in Windsor. Ilyas Akhtar, 20, from Slough, in Berkshire, pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey. Read More …
A man considered making potentially deadly “booby traps” after a series of thefts at his home, a court has heard. Shazad Khan, 52, sparked a large-scale evacuation of his street in Glasgow’s west end after suspicious items were found in Read More …
A self-styled “Anglo Jihadi” has been found guilty of planning a terror attack. Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, of Oliver Close, Howden, East Yorkshire, was planning an “atrocity”, with possible targets including Meadowhall shopping centre, near Sheffield, a trial at Read More …
A man who was found with a large amount of dangerous chemicals in his garden shed has been convicted of various offences linked to explosive and poisonous substances. Harry Whittaker, aged 31, was arrested on 6 May 2024 after Bedfordshire Read More …
A “nerdy” autistic heroin user who liked “doing science” has gone on trial charged with making explosive substances in his garden shed. Harry Whittaker, 33, has denied two allegations of making explosive substances, and four of possessing explosive substances, at Read More …
A Sevier County Sheriff’s Office investigation into an explosion at a home in the Ellis Woods Loop area has led to an arrest, Sheriff Michael Hodges announced Monday. The explosion happened Sunday. Hodges said an Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) technician Read More …
Belgian federal authorities have arrested three young suspects in connection with what prosecutors said was an attempted terrorist attack on the country’s politicians, including Prime Minister Bart De Wever. Federal prosecutor Ann Fransen said the suspects — born in 2001, Read More …
A man had more than 200 handmade destructive devices — including bottle rockets and molotov cocktails — in a tent on the steps of a D.C. cathedral where Supreme Court justices were expected to attend Mass on Sunday, court records Read More …
The State Security Service of Georgia (SSG) announced the discovery of a large cache of firearms, ammunition, and explosives with a detonator, allegedly purchased under the instruction of a Georgian representative of a Ukrainian military unit. SSG says the weapons Read More …
CINCINNATI – James River Phillips, 21, of Mason, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court today to illegally transporting explosive materials. Phillips was arrested in April 2025 by the FBI Cincinnati Field Office’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) after agents executed Read More …
There’s a new security headache for forces battling Maoist insurgency in Chhattisgarh: empty beer bottles. In an intriguing development, security personnel, on Monday, recovered and defused ‘bottle IEDs’ — crude bombs packed inside empty beer bottles. The bottles rigged with Read More …
Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices Boko Haram factions are increasingly using dung to disguise improvised explosive devices (IEDs), in particular landmines, and boost their ignition. These landmines are similar to conventional antipersonnel landmines – Read More …
Authorities in Washington are seeking the public’s help after an improvised explosive device (IED) was found Thursday on a walking path near a high school campus. The Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to a walking path near Tonasket Read More …
The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has arrested 89 terrorists in 940 intelligence-based operations (IBOs) launched across Punjab over the past three months, the department said in a statement on Monday. During the three months, 14 terrorists were arrested in Lahore, 14 Read More …
Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF) North East, Operation Hadin Kai, have intercepted a large consignment of logistics supplies intended for terrorists in Yobe State. Spokesman Lt. Col. Sani Uba described the interception as a major breakthrough in ongoing Read More …
The special cell has found a large quantity of potassium nitrate, a key ingredient for making IEDs, in searches conducted after busting a terror module allegedly planning targeted killings and blasts. Last week, Delhi Police, in coordination with central intelligence Read More …
The Nigerian Government is stepping up efforts to curb the menace of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), which has remained the deadliest threat to troops and civilians in the North East. The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Maj.-Gen. Adamu Read More …
After having his belongings stolen, and the windows of his car and Kāinga Ora home smashed, Warren John Frederick Lee had had enough. The 76-year-old former quarry worker decided to make a pipe bomb, with enough ammonia to damage everything Read More …
A North East man has been jailed after explosive substances were found in his home, after bomb experts called in to check them. Andrew Tait, 42, was arrested when police attended his Pennywell Road home in Sunderland after being tipped Read More …