Nigeria: Explosion kills ISWAP bombmakers in Borno

Five suspected Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorists, including an alleged medical officer and four Improvised Explosive Devices, IEDs, specialists, have reportedly been killed in a premature explosion while assembling explosives in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. Read More …

Ireland: Mystery surrounds identity of man killed by his own pipe bomb in Dublin hostel

A man killed when a pipe bomb he had made exploded in his room in a Dublin homeless hostel cannot be identified, two decades after his arrival in Ireland and more than two years since his death. The man, known as Igor Read More …

India: Five suspects arrested, bomb-making materials seized in Gujarat

Five men from different districts of Gujarat were arrested on July 15, days after the ATS busted an alleged JeM module. According to the ATS Deputy Inspector General, they were involved in developing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and tried to Read More …

Texas: DPS finds explosives and bomb-making materials in West Odessa

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) says explosives and bomb-making materials were discovered during the execution of a search warrant at a home in West Odessa. According to DPS, its Criminal Investigations Division, with assistance from the Federal Bureau Read More …

New Jersey: Denville explosives suspect accused of creating an explosives laboratory remains in custody

The Denville man accused of creating an explosives laboratory, has been ordered to remain in custody pending trial after a judge concluded the evidence recovered from his home posed “grave risks” to the community. The decision followed a two-hour pretrial detention Read More …

New Jersey: Denville man accused of operating homemade explosives lab

A Denville man accused of operating a homemade explosives laboratory was arrested Wednesday after authorities seized what prosecutors described as more than 100 containers of explosive material capable of “massive destruction.” Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll acknowledged Thursday that “matters of national Read More …

Greece: Kalymnos police seize dangerous haul of explosives

A 41-year-old man was arrested on the island of Kalymnos in the southeastern Aegean on Tuesday after police found explosives and weapons in his house. The man, who will appear before a prosecutor on Wednesday, is facing charges of possession Read More …

Kansas: Man arrested in Salina arsons after homemade fireworks, explosives found

Multiple homemade fireworks and explosive devices were seized during the search of a Kansas home in an arson investigation. The Salina Police Department said it happened Tuesday when multiple agencies carried out a search of a home on Page Avenue, Read More …

Austria: Man who planned to target people with knives and homemade explosives at Taylor Swift concert sentenced to 15 years

An Austrian court on Thursday convicted a man of planning to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna nearly two years ago. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. The state court in Wiener Neustadt, south of the capital, found Read More …

Australia: Alleged Bathurst bomb maker charged with endangering someone’s life

A man accused of making bombs at a secret home laboratory near Bathurst has been charged with endangering someone’s life by negligently handling explosives. Bathurst Local Court today heard Paul Stephen Lowry had been charged with more than a dozen Read More …

Cyprus: Larnaca police believe they stopped terror attacks after explosives find

Larnaca CID believes it has prevented attacks on Cypriot soil after arresting two men, aged 32 and 38, on suspicion of terrorism and finding significant quantities of explosive-making materials at two properties in the city. Investigators are working to establish whether the Read More …

Nigeria: Six ISWAP Bomb Makers Killed in Borno IED Explosion

No fewer than six suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) have been killed following a premature Improvised Explosive Device (IED) that detonated in the Marte Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources said the incident occurred Read More …

Pennsylvania: Man Admits Detonating an Explosive Device Under Former Supervisor’s Vehicle

A Pennsylvania man admitted to denotating an explosive device under a vehicle that was parked at his former supervisor’s residence, announced U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer. Michael Patrick Takacs, Jr., 44, of Warminster, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Read More …

Missouri: Man Charged with Manufacturing Explosives

United States Attorney R. Matthew Price today announced the filing of a criminal complaint against Jordan Derrick, 40. The complaint charges Derrick with one count of engaging in the business of manufacturing explosive materials without a license, one count of Read More …

UK: Man arrested in Manchester for making explosive device

A chemical substance incident which sparked a major emergency response in Manchester’s Gay Village is not being treated as terror-related, police have said. One man was arrested on suspicion of making an explosive device after the chemical substances were uncovered in a Read More …

Michigan man sentenced to 20 years in prison after having been convicted of attempting to provide material support to ISIS and possessing a destructive device

DETROIT — A Michigan man was sentenced today to 20 years in federal prison after having been convicted by a jury last year on two charges of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, Read More …

Ohio: Man arrested during explosives investigation in Lyons

Police arrested a man on Tuesday after a massive police response at a Lyons home turned up “explosive-related activity,” according to the Toledo Police Department. Law enforcement officials from numerous agencies were called out to the 600 block of N. Read More …

Nigeria: Police foil bomb attack in Akure, arrest six suspects with IED materials

Six suspects have been arrested by police detectives in Ondo State over a failed bomb attack in Akure, the state capital. Addressing newsmen in Akure, the state police commissioner, Adebowale Lawal, said the operation led to the arrest of six suspects Read More …

Ukraine: Police detain two young men suspected of terrorist attack in Brovary

Police have detained two young men suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack in Brovary, Kyiv Oblast, on the orders of Russian secret services. At 22:08 on 13 April, a report was received via the 102 emergency line about an Read More …