UK: Man charged over IED Ultra Low Emission Zone camera explosion in south-east London

A man has been charged in connection with the explosion of an ultra low emission zone (Ulez) camera in south-east London. Kevin Rees, 62, of Harcourt Avenue, Sidcup, was arrested by counter-terror police after a low-sophistication improvised explosive device (IED) Read More …

UK: Second man charged after bomb squad explode ‘suspicious item’

A second man has been charged after a “suspicious item” was discovered in a flat and destroyed by the Royal Navy bomb squad.Police officers discovered the item while searching a flat in Clydebank’s Overtoun Court on Monday, October 28, in Read More …

Netherlands: Police seize 35 tons of fireworks destined for illegal Dutch market

Officers of the fireworks team of the Zuid-Holland Zuid district of the Rotterdam Unit arrested two men for trafficking in illegal fireworks after an investigation on Thursday 7 November. It concerns two men aged 57 and 37 from Vuren and Read More …

Kansas: Newton police find illegal explosives, one arrested

Newton police have taken an unidentified person into custody after finding dozens of illegal explosives in the garage of a home. Police said a suspect fled from a North Newton Police officer during an unrelated traffic stop. Newton Police assisted Read More …

UK: Southport ‘attacker’ charged with having al-Qaeda manual and making ricin

The teenager accused of carrying out the Southport attack has been charged with possessing al-Qaeda material and producing ricin. Axel Rudakubana, accused of the knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July, is alleged to have made ricin Read More …

Ireland: Improvised explosive devices seized in Northern Dublin as man arrested

Improvised explosive devices were seized in North Dublin on Monday as one man was arrested. As part of ongoing investigations targeting organised criminal activity in North Dublin, Gardaí arrested a man and seized several improvised explosive devices on Monday morning. At Read More …

Texas: Tatum man accused of making homemade explosive devices

A Tatum man was arrested on charges that he was creating homemade explosive devices and was in possession of methamphetamine and marijuana. According to Rusk County Sheriff Johnwayne Valdez, the sheriff’s office began an investigation into allegations that Robert Martin, Read More …

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 …

Netherlands: Police probe blast outside law firm offices in The Hague

Police are investigating an explosion outside a building housing several law firms in The Hague. No one was injured in the blast but there was some damage to the building. The explosion took place around 10 pm on the Laan 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 …

India: 6-yr-old boy injured in crude bomb blast in Malda

A crude bomb explosion in the Dogpukur area of Ward 23 in English Bazar Municipality area left a six-year-old boy injured on Tuesday afternoon. The child, identified as Banti Kumar Mahato, mistook the explosive for a ball while playing alone 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 …

Swedish gangs targeting Israeli interests

The 13-year-old boy should have been in school last Thursday, instead of sitting in a police station in central Gothenburg. But police say he fired shots outside the offices of Israeli tech firm Elbit Systems. “He was basically caught in Read More …

Oklahoma City police find explosives in car during traffic stop

Two men were arrested in Oklahoma City after a routine traffic stop led to the discovery of drugs and explosives. According to the Oklahoma Police Department (OKCPD), on Oct. 14, officers pulled over a maroon GMC for failure to use Read More …

UK: Glasgow motorcycle gang member planted pipe bomb under rival dad’s van in ‘feud’

A tattooed motorcycle gang member planted a pipe bomb under a rival’s father’s van amid an ongoing feud. Daniel Laponder, 43, targeted David Rollo senior’s work van outside his home in Lennoxtown, East Dunbartonshire, on June 8 2024. A hearing Read More …

Iowa: Des Moines police arrest suspect in bomb blast

Authorities in central Iowa say they’ve made an arrest after a homemade bomb exploded on Tuesday. Des Moines police say someone detonated what’s described as a dangerous homemade explosive device in a residential neighborhood south of the downtown. Police say Read More …

Pakistan: At least 11 killed in fighting between tribes in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province

At least 11 people have been killed and eight injured, including women and children, in tribal clashes in northwestern Pakistan, according to a local official. Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Saturday after two people were critically Read More …

Pennsylvania: 50 pounds of ‘improvised’ explosives found at ‘bomb-making laboratory’ inside Philadelphia home

A 28-year-old man was arrested and charged after authorities discovered “improvised explosive devices in a makeshift laboratory” at his Philadelphia home, officials announced on Wednesday. The man, identified as Evgenii Sadrislamov, and his mother were escorted outside of the home Read More …

Alberta: Man charged with arson following fiery explosion that sent 6 to hospital in Calgary

Police have charged a man with arson after a residential explosion in Calgary. Six people were sent to hospital Saturday night after the blast in the northeast part of the city destroyed several townhouses. Fire officials said one of the Read More …

Albania’s police fire teargas to disperse protesters hurling petrol bombs

Albanian police fired tear gas to disperse opposition protesters who hurled petrol bombs at government buildings and smashed city property in what they said was part of a civil disobedience against the government. More than 1,000 police officers were deployed Read More …