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Somali security forces said Saturday they are interrogating a senior al-Shabab commander in charge of explosive devices after the arrest in an operation conducted in the restive Mogadishu city on Friday evening. The ministry of information said the National Security Read More …
At least 19 Taliban militants were killed and four Improvised Explosive Device manufacturing facilities were destroyed during the operations in southern Helmand province. According to informed military sources “A multi-day operation in Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand killed 19 Taliban Read More …
Speaking via video-link from Rome, where he has been meeting specialist Italian law enforcement officials to discuss building closer ties to tackle the problem; The UN’s counter-terrorism chief, Vladimir Voronkov, said that the adoption comes at a “critical time,” with Read More …
A 48-year-old man was sentenced to 19 years and four months in state prison Monday after police in Orange County last year found two improvised explosive devices in his car during a traffic stop, prosecutors said. Saleh Abdallah Ali of Read More …
The elimination of Mudasir Ahmed Khan – the key mastermind of Pulwama suicide attack – during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tral locality on Monday is a significant dent to the Pakistan-backed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), a senior J&K Read More …
A group calling itself the IRA says it was behind the parcel bombs sent to three London transport hubs and the University of Glasgow last week, according to police. Officers say the group claimed five devices were sent but only Read More …
A suicide bomber and his companion were arrested during an operation of the Special Forces of National Directorate of Security in Kabul. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said the two suspects were arrested during the operation Read More …
Counter terror police officers have said the suspect package found at Glasgow University is linked with devices discovered around London. Bomb disposal officers detonated the item after it was found in the mailroom on Wednesday morning. Staff and students were Read More …
Based on intelligence inputs, the Tripura police on Tuesday arrested one person having links with the terror outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen. The accused identified as Nazir Sheikh alias Nazir SK is an expert in making Improvised Explosive Device (IED). He is a resident Read More …
A new counter-terrorism project to keep the public safe by enhancing collaboration between business, industry and the public sector has been announced today. This joint initiative will see a ground breaking interactive online platform developed to provide secure expert advice Read More …
Ireland’s police service said on Tuesday it was helping British colleagues investigate who mailed three small bombs to two of London’s airports and a major rail station on Tuesday. No one was injured by the devices, one of which caused Read More …
A large quantity of detonators and explosives were seized from Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Monday. According to a tweet by ANI, the explosives were found in a house in Palghar when police was conducting a search in the area after a tip-off. ASP Read More …
Gardaí targeting dissident republicans have uncovered a significant cache of explosives and arms along the border, in what is the second linked operation since the start of February. The operation involved gardaí from the Louth Division and officers from specialist Read More …
Russian police have detained three people suspected of being members of a secret cell plotting terrorist attacks in the Siberian Khanty-Mansiysk autonomous district, the Interior Ministry said Friday. An investigation found that the cell members held meetings in rented apartments, Read More …
A suicide attack was conducted at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel at Jolo on January 27, 2019. It was a two-stage attack – the first improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in the middle of the church and Read More …
A 24-year-old man is guilty of trying to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma City bank, a federal jury ruled Monday. Jurors convicted Jerry Drake Varnell, of Sayre, of attempting to use an explosive device Read More …
The Afghan Special Forces have confiscated and destroyed a Humvee armored personnel carrier packed with explosives in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. According to the informed military sources, the Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in the vicinity of Nangarhar Read More …
A Taliban militant who was planting Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was arrested during an operation of the Afghan security forces. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) in a statement said the Taliban IED planter was arrested in Pashtun Zarghoon district of Read More …
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force on Friday night intercepted vehicle loaded with bomb along Ughelli-Patani Road Delta State. The suspected weapons, loaded in a White Toyota Hilux vehicle without a number plate, included 128 pieces of explosives and five Read More …
More than 900 personnel from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) took part in an islandwide counter-terrorism exercise, tackling simulated threats involving explosives, gunmen and hostage situations. The exercise, which started on Tuesday (Feb 19) and Read More …