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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after police raided a home in Manchester. Officers went to the property in Whitefield, Greater Manchester, following reports of suspicious items being found made shortly before 11.25am on Monday. Examinations at the Read More …
Massachusetts State Police found an improvised explosive device in a vehicle at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton Friday, officials confirmed Saturday. Jennifer Mieth, of the State Fire Marshal’s Office, said the Massachusetts State Police Bomb Squad was called to assist Northampton Police in Read More …
The number of callouts by the Army’s crack bomb disposal team have almost tripled in the first quarter of 2018, new figures reveal, continuing an upward trend over the last three years. The Defence Force’s E Squadron (Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Read More …
Only six of the 59 airports guarded by the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the country have operational bomb detection and disposal squads, according to an audit by the paramilitary agency, raising concerns about safety measures. Only the security forces at the airports in Read More …
A bomb disposal unit is in attendance at an ongoing incident near Glasgow. Local sources said the Royal Logistic Corps bomb disposal team arrived at the scene in Myrtle Road, Uddingston after a suspicious device was discovered in a close Read More …
A second controlled explosion has been carried out after another suspected World War Two bomb was discovered at Edgewater Park. Officers from Cheshire Police were called to the scene earlier to deal with the discovery of the ‘unexploded artillery shell’. A Read More …
The army’s bomb squad has made safe a viable improvised explosive device (IED) in Drogheda. The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was deployed to a residential area in the Co Louth town last night. After the team arrived at the Read More …
Explosives were found in Mumbai central area where excavation was underway for metro work. Bomb Disposal and Detection Squad (BDDS) was summoned and the explosives were retrieved from the debris. Local police said the explosives were crude bombs and they Read More …
A police bomb squad has been called to a property in Chesterfield following early morning raids in which four men were arrested. Anti-terror police targeted three properties in South Yorkshire and Derbyshire in a move to foil a planned terror Read More …
Every day, state and local bomb squads place themselves in harm’s way in order to shield citizens and property from potential catastrophe. Many of the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) they face are cobbled together from everyday objects with the intent Read More …
A viable pipe bomb was found close to a war memorial in Omagh, police in Northern Ireland have confirmed. The discovery of the “small but potentially dangerous device” was made before a Remembrance Day parade took place. The march was diverted Read More …
A man has been arrested after “suspicious items were found in a house” in Sheldon on Saturday. The 29-year-old was arrested on suspicion of firearms offences on Saturday afternoon. It follows a swoop on a house in Garretts Green Lane Read More …
Bomb squad officers raced to a derelict pub in Preston this afternoon after reports that a qualtity of dynamite has been discovered. Specialists from the Army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit (EOD) were called in by police to deal with the Read More …
Bomb detection and disposal squads will now be available at airports across India as part of efforts to strengthen security that also include upgradation of baggage screening systems to bring them on a par with global standards. The Bureau of Read More …
Gardai and the Army bomb disposal unit were called out to deal with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in west Limerick earlier today. Members of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) team from Collins Barracks were called to the scene at Rathkeale, located Read More …
Police officers were spotted in Godfrey Drive, Kirk Hallam – and a man has been arrested A bomb disposal team has been helping police search a house in Kirk Hallam. Officers were spotted outside a property, in Godfrey Drive. Police said Read More …
A bomb disposal unit has carried out a controlled explosion at Newcastle College following concerns over the storage of chemicals. Roads were cordoned off while Army officers moved the substances from the city centre campus to be blown up on Read More …
Local and federal authorities are investigating an explosion at a US Air Force recruiting office in Bixby, Oklahoma. Bomb squads from Bixby and Tulsa police responded around 10:30 p.m. local time Monday to the reported explosion, near Tulsa, Bixby Police Read More …
Police have evacuated a number of homes in a Luton street after reports of a suspicious vehicle. Officers, including a bomb disposal unit, are still at the scene in Napier Road following a call from a member of the public at Read More …
The bomb disposal team has carried out a series of controlled explosions at Manchester Airport following a security alert over a ‘suspicious package’. Police were called to the airport in south Manchester at 9am this morning after routine hold baggage Read More …