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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 …
Troops of the Nigerian Army have intercepted 242 bags of NPK fertiliser suspected to be diverted for use in the production of Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs by terrorists in Borno. Reportedly, troops of 151 Task Force Battalion at Banki Junction Read More …
A Walton man has been arrested on charges of allegedly being in possession of an explosive device, drugs and a firearm. The Delaware County Sheriff’s Office Road Patrol Division responded to reports of an individual threatening self-harm on August 6th. Read More …
A woman was arrested after Mississippi authorities say they found a homemade explosive device in a suspicious package. Deputies with the Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office have arrested Christina Laureen Willis, 27, of Batesville. Willis is being charged with attempted murder, and Read More …
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has uncovered and sealed a warehouse in Kano stocked with 88,560 litres of controlled chemicals, including sulphuric and nitric acid substances commonly used in the production of explosives, according Read More …
To better characterize components in explosive devices, Dutch researchers, led by University of Amsterdam personnel, tested a new two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D-LC)-based method of analyzing explosive traces. Their research was published in the Journal of Chromatography A. As global terrorist Read More …
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton; Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Christopher G. Raia; and Commissioner of the New York City Police Read More …
Within the framework of the Ayacucho Plus Campaign Plan and as part of the sustained operations to protect the inhabitants and neutralize terrorist threats, troops of the Twelfth Brigade, unit a of the Sixth Division of Colombian National Army, found Read More …
Police arrested a Seymour man during a domestic disturbance call after officers found homemade explosive devices in the home. While conducting the investigation for the reported domestic disturbance, police said they found what appeared to be “improvised” explosive devices along Read More …
Security forces seized a huge quantity of explosives from a Maoist dump in a forest in Jharkhand’s Seraikela-Kharswan district, a police officer said on Sunday. The explosives including 500 electronic detonators were seized from a Maoist dump set up in Read More …
Two alleged members of the Dawlah Islamiyah-Hassan Group were killed while two others were injured and arrested in an armed encounter in Barangay Libutan, Mamasapano, Maguindanao del Sur on Sunday, June 22, 2025. According to the 6th Infantry Division (6ID), Read More …
A minor from Burlington County, New Jersey is in custody after materials to make an improvised explosive device (IED) were found in two locations in Moorestown, authorities said. Moorestown Police said they conducted an investigation on both Saturday, June 7 Read More …
A Washington man is charged with providing large amounts of chemicals used in a car bomb outside a Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic last month, federal authorities said Wednesday. Daniel Jongyon Park, 32, of Kent, Washington, was arrested in Poland, Read More …
A southern Indiana woman faces a felony charge after police say she made various homemade explosives, including bombs made with Monster Energy cans. Ahnna I. Tipton, 19, faces a possession of a destructive device charge after being arrested Thursday in Read More …
Criminal groups in Michoacán are recruiting local pyrotechnic artisans to manufacture improvised explosive devices (IEDs), often under threat, according to federal and state authorities. Carlos Roberto Gómez Ruiz, deputy director of the Explosives and Hazardous Materials Unit of the Michoacán Read More …
Authorities have arrested one person and seized bomb-making materials in a law enforcement operation in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay, the police said Wednesday, May 28, 2025. The Zamboanga Sibugay Maritime Police Station (ZS Marpsta) identified the arrested person as Read More …
The Anambra State Police Command has destroyed a local bomb factory and demobilised assorted improvised explosive devices after it raided a secessionist hideout in Isseke, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. A statement released on Sunday by the Command’s Read More …