Massachusetts: North Andover Man Charged with Possessing Over 30 Firearms and Explosives as a Convicted Felon

BOSTON – A North Andover, Mass. man has been charged for allegedly possessing over 30 firearms and explosives as a convicted felon. Daniel Medina, 64, was charged by criminal complaint with unlawful possession of a machine gun, unlawful possession of Read More …

New York: District attorney’s office staffer tried to make a bomb to blow up migrant shelter

A paralegal at a New York City district attorney’s office has been arrested after he attempted to make an explosive to bomb a migrant shelter located across from his apartment, according to a criminal complaint filed Thursday. Police said Derek Read More …

Kenya: IED-making materials recovered from Garissa guest house

Multi-agency teams are searching for suspects behind the recovered bomb-making materials from a guesthouse in Garissa Town. The team said the materials were meant to make an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) for use at an undisclosed place. A team raided a Read More …

South Carolina: Man arrested after homemade explosives found along US 29

A suspect is now in custody after a search warrant uncovered handmade explosive devices along Highway 29 North. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office charged Anthony Kyle Jenkins with possession of a destructive device after an hours-long search in Williamston. Deputies Read More …

Japan: Aichi teen arrested over possession of high explosives

Police arrested an 18-year-old high school student from the city of Ichinomiya in Aichi Prefecture Tuesday over the alleged possession of high explosives, including a type used in overseas terror attacks. The arrest stems from a discovery in the teen’s Read More …

Nevada: 17-year-old accused of plotting terror attack in Las Vegas to support Islamic State

A 17-year-old is accused of planning a terror attack in Las Vegas in support of the Islamic State, according to a grand jury indictment. Joshua Robles is charged with eight counts, including attempt to commit or cause an act of Read More …

Nigeria: Military dismantles terrorists’ IED factory in Borno

The authority of the Nigerian Air Force, yesterday, said the air component of Operation Hadin Kai, discovered and dismantled terrorists’ Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) factory and storage facility, concealed in Grazah, a location deep in the Mandara Hills, in Borno Read More …

Ukrainian Soldiers Turn Wrecked Teslas into Deadly Drones

In a remarkable display of ingenuity, Ukrainian soldiers have repurposed wrecked electric and hydrogen cars to create effective weapons against Russian forces. With the absence of air support to deploy heavy guided bombs, the soldiers sought alternative solutions. They discovered Read More …

Australia: Man allegedly planned Westfield terror attack in Sydney’s south

A Sydney man has been charged with plotting a terrorist attack at a busy shopping centre after he allegedly threw bottles of explosive chemicals around a bathroom. On Wednesday, July 24, police arrested Sebastian Newman, 21, after reports of a Read More …

Trump Shooter Began Buying Guns, Bomb Materials More Than a Year Ago

Thomas Matthew Crooks made 25 different gun-related buys online between spring 2023 and the first half of this year, and bought material used in explosives six times, officials said, offering new glimpses into their far-ranging investigation into the July 13 Read More …

Kenyan security forces kill two al-Shahab terrorists in foiled attack

Kenyan security forces killed two al-Shabab militants while others escaped with injuries Saturday in a thwarted terrorist attack in eastern Kenya’s Garissa County near the border with Somalia. The police said in a security report released Saturday evening that its Read More …

Pennsylvania: Details on the improvised bombs in gunman’s car at Trump rally released to law enforcement departments

The two devices in the car owned by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa., were almost identical in construction, according to the task force’s report. Each contained a cardboard tube filled with a gray powder that was described by Read More …

Philippines: Bomb-making materials worth P2.3M seized in Camarines Norte

Soldiers recovered materials used for making explosives in Barangay Exciban, Labo, Camarines Norte. The cache included five large plastic drums containing 21 rolls of detonating cables, capable of producing nearly 2,000 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) valued at approximately P2.3 million. Read More …

Israel: Terrorism in the West Bank is fast becoming more sophisticated, deadly

In barely a week, the Israel Defense Forces has lost two fighters to powerful roadside bombs in the West Bank. Cpt. Alon Sacgiu, 22, a sniper team commander in the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, was killed in an explosion Read More …

Belarus: Stash with improvised explosive device parts found at Belarusian-Ukrainian border

A stash with components for making explosive devices has been found at the border with Ukraine, BelTA learned from the spokesman of the State Border Committee of Belarus Anton Bychkovsky. Anton Bychkovsky said that a Belarusian border patrol found a Read More …

Israel: IDF raids explosives lab in intense 18-hour West Bank operation

On Monday, Soldiers from the 94th Brigade, Duvdevan Unit, 41st Brigade, and Shin Bet forces completed an 18-hour counterterrorism operation in the Far’a area in the Jordan Valley, West Bank, the IDF announced on Tuesday. During the operation, soldiers discovered Read More …

Bangladesh: Police found more bomb making materials from fish farm in Netrokona

Law enforcers have found materials for making bombs at a fish farm they suspect was being used as a militant hideout in Netrokonas Sadar Upazila. Nearly 150 police personnel, alongside members of a bomb disposal unit from Dhaka, entered the Read More …

Pakistan: CTD apprehends 15 terrorists in Punjab

The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has conducted 180 Intelligence-Based Operations (IBOs) in various cities of Punjab and apprehended 15 terrorists. The CTD spokesman said that a wanted terrorist affiliated with the banned TTP who was trained in South Waziristan, arrested in Read More …

French police arrest Russo-Ukrainian man with explosives near Paris

The man was treated by fire-fighters after he “suffered significant burns following an explosion,” on Monday, the source said. A subsequent search of his room led to the discovery of products and materials intended for the manufacture of explosive devices, Read More …

Philippines: Two soldiers hurt, IEDs and bomb-making materials recovered in Kalinga

Government troopers and New People’s Army (NPA) guerrillas clashed in Balbalan, Kalinga on Friday, leaving two soldiers wounded. Maj. Rigor Pamittan, 5th Infantry Division public affairs chief, said soldiers belonging to the 103rd and 98th Infantry Battalions under the 503rd Read More …