Mexico: Car bomb attacks signal escalation of cartel violence

Cartel violence is gripping Mexico. In the state of Guerrero, the mayor of Chilpancingo was decapitated. In Sinaloa, a truck was discovered with at least five bodies along with the ominous message “Welcome to Culiacán.” And now Guanajuato has been Read More …

Mexico: 3 police injured after car bombs explode outside 2 Guanajuato police buildings

Two car bombs were almost simultaneously detonated near Public Security Ministry (SSP) buildings in two Guanajuato state municipalities on Thursday morning, injuring three police officers, one seriously. Both bombings occurred almost simultaneously, just after 6 a.m. No warning was given Read More …

Israel: Explosive device found beneath car in Be’er Ya’acov, bomb squad defuses device

An explosive device was discovered under a parked car on a main street in Be’er Ya’acov in central Israel, Walla reported on Wednesday morning. Initial investigations raised suspicion that the explosive device was related to criminal disputes involving the car Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 253

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed both by the Russian Federation and Ukraine about the assassination last week of an individual in the city where most staff of the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) live, Director General Read More …

Ireland: Gardaí investigating after suspect explosive device found underneath car in Limerick City

Gardai are investigating after a suspect explosive device was found underneath a car in a residential area of Limerick City early this Friday morning (October 4). Locals in the area reported hearing a loud bang as authorities dealt with the Read More …

Israel: Car explosion in Ramle leaves four dead, eight wounded after fire breaks out in nearby store

A car bomb explosion in Ramle on Thursday evening killed four people and wounded eight in what is suspected to be the result of a clash between two crime syndicates. The bomb killed a five-year-old girl, a 10-year-old boy, a Read More …

West Bank: Car bombs explode at Gush Etzion gas station and Karmei Tzur

On Friday night at approximately 11:15 PM, a car bomb exploded at the Tzomet Hagush gas station in Gush Etzion, resulting in significant damage and chaos. CCTV footage captured the moment the vehicle burst into flames and detonating. The terrorists Read More …

Thailand: Nine police officers wounded in attack by suspected insurgents in Pattani

Ten people were injured, including nine police officers, when suspected southern insurgents detonated three bombs planted at the entrance to the fishing port in Bana subdistrict, Pattani, near police flats. The assailants detonated the first bomb to lure officers to Read More …

Cyprus: Fifth car bombing suspect in custody

The Nicosia district court has issued a four-day remand order against the fifth person arrested for the car bombing of July 4 in Nicosia. The suspect, a 27-year-old man, was arrested on Monday. The court heard that an explosive device Read More …

Northern Ireland: Omagh bomb inquiry first hearing begins

The Omagh bombing inquiry has opened, with its chairman Lord Turnbull promising it will undertake its task “rigorously and fearlessly”. It will examine whether the worst atrocity of the troubles could have been prevented. In his first remarks, Lord Turnbull Read More …

Turkey: Perpetrator of Moscow car bomb attack arrested in Bodrum district

Evgenii Serebriakov, who allegedly carried out a car bomb attack in Russia’s capital Moscow, was captured in Türkiye on Wednesday, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. Yerlikaya said on X that Russian Interpol officials contacted Türkiye’s Interpol/Europol Department at 10.30 Read More …

Russia: Perpetrator suspected of car bombing in Moscow flees to Turkey

The man suspected of blowing up a Toyota Land Cruiser in northern Moscow has fled to Turkey, so Russian law enforcement officials are in talks on his extradition, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov told reporters. On Wednesday Read More …

Pakistan: Casualties reported after two separate terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

Two soldiers and five civilians were martyred in a terrorist attack on a rural health centre in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Dera Ismail Khan district, the military’s media wing said on Tuesday. In a separate terrorist attack targeting Bannu Cantonment on Monday Read More …

Somalia: At least nine dead in car bomb explosion outside busy cafe in Mogadishu

A car bomb has exploded outside a cafe in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing at least nine and injuring several others as patrons were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on TV, the government said. The al-Qaeda-linked armed Read More …

Thailand: Yala police detain suspect in car bomb attack outside flats

Police detained a civil engineering assistant for questioning regarding a car bomb explosion outside the police flats in Bannang Sata, Yala. This incident took place yesterday morning, June 30. Today, July 1, reports indicate that the Joint Special Operations Unit Read More …

Malian Army Kills 42 Suspected Terrorists After Attack Leaves 5 Soldiers Wounded

The Malian army claims to have killed 42 suspected terrorists after a “complex car bomb ambush” suffered by the military on the road linking the towns of Menaka and Ansongo in the east of the country, leaving five soldiers wounded. Read More …

Syria: Five SAA soldiers killed in IED blast in Palmyra desert

Five Damascus government forces, including an officer were killed as a result of the explosion of an explosive device planted by ISIS cell members in their car in the Palmyra desert in the eastern countryside of Homs. Read more… Source: Read More …

Syria: IED targets head of Criminal Court in Homs city

Local media reported that Judge “Akram Ibrahim”, head of the Criminal Court, was subjected to an assassination attempt, where an IED planted by unknown people exploded in his car. As a result, the judge sustained injuries that led to the Read More …

Moving bombs

In the post-9/11 scenario, suicide bombing emerged as the deadliest and most popular terrorist strategy adopted by various groups around the world. After 9/11, there was an intensification in both the frequency and innovation of suicide bombings. Among these, the Read More …

Syria: Car explosion kills at least one in Damascus

A car explosion has killed one person in Syria’s capital Damascus, Syrian news agency SANA reported, without identifying the victim. The Mezze neighbourhood of Damascus houses the Iranian consulate, destroyed last month in a strike blamed on Israel. The attack Read More …