Uganda: Honeymooning couple among three dead

A couple on their honeymoon and their guide were killed in a “cowardly terrorist attack” at a national park in south-west Uganda, authorities say. Uganda’s police said the trio were killed, and their vehicle burned, in the Queen Elizabeth National Read More …

Germany: Firebomb attack on Berlin synagogue as tensions rise in Middle East

Berlin synagogue has been attacked with Molotov cocktails amid an increase in antisemitic incidents in the German capital following the escalating violence in the Middle East. The Kahal Adass Jisroel community said its synagogue in the Mitte area of the Read More …

UK: Counter-terror police investigate death of man in Hartlepool

Counter-terrorism police are investigating the death of a man and the assault of another in Hartlepool. A 44-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the incident in the Tees Street area of the town in Read More …

Florida: Man hid firework mortars with shrapnel attached inside Eustis home before assaulting woman

Lake County deputies said a man who fled after assaulting a woman in Eustis on Sunday hid improvised explosive devices inside the home before he left. The sheriff’s Office said David Flores, 37, was taken into custody early Wednesday in Read More …

India: Five children injured in bomb blast at Bengal’s Duttapukur

Five school kids in Duttapukur of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district were injured as a crude bomb they were playing with detonated on Friday afternoon, police said. According to the local police, the blast occurred while the kids were Read More …

Sweden: Explosion in Stockholm ‘connected to Foxtrot dispute’

An explosion which ripped through a house north of Stockholm on Thursday morning appears linked to the conflict within the Foxtrot gang, the Expressen newspaper has reported. Explosive devices were placed either inside or at the entrance of the house Read More …

Sweden: What is the cause of ‘terrorist-like’ epidemic of violence?

In just a 12-hour period last week, an 18-year-old rapper was executed on a sports field near Stockholm, a second man shot dead and the 25-year-old woman referred to by Kristersson was killed in a bomb attack in Uppsala, about Read More …

Hungary: Bomber in Esztergom wanted to kill cops

The bomber from Esztergom posted a harrowing message on his social network: as if he had accurately predicted a year ago the horror that has now become a terrible reality. The Hungarian tabloid Blikk published updates about the bomber in Read More …

Northern Ireland: Police treating Newtownards van petrol bomb attack as arson

A petrol bomb attack on a van in Newtownards is being treated as arson. The attack took place at approximately 11.30pm on Monday evening in the Deanswood Crescent area of the town. Police officers and the Fire and Rescue service Read More …

Cyprus: Football referees go on strike after latest car bomb attack

Referees in Cyprus have gone on indefinite strike after an apparent arson attack on a car belonging to an official’s mother, the latest incident in a campaign of terror that has run for nearly a decade. Reports in Cyprus said Read More …

Manitoba: Explosive device found by Winnipeg police during homicide investigation safely detonated

A potentially dangerous explosive device found by officers during a homicide investigation Friday has been safely detonated, Winnipeg police say. Officers were investigating the homicide of Damion Wayne Skrumeda, 46, at a Mulvey Avenue apartment when they found a suspicious Read More …

Ecuador: Video shows police blowing up explosive-laden drone on prison’s roof

A drone loaded with explosives blasted a hole in the roof of a prison that has held some of Ecuador’s most notorious drug lords, in the latest sign of the nation’s slide into chaos. Police special forces carried out a Read More …

UNDOC: Understanding Illegal Methamphetamine Manufacture in Afghanistan

This analysis examines the modalities of illegal methamphetamine manufacture in Afghanistan, highlighting risks to the region. Coverage of suspected methamphetamine manufacture in Afghanistan, particularly in the news media in recent years, has generally focused on the use of the ephedra Read More …

Texas: Authorities Discover Backpacks Filled With Ammo, Homemade Explosive At Southern Border

U.S. Border Patrol authorities on Wednesday discovered backpacks with ammunition and a homemade explosive along the Rio Grande Valley sector, where authorities have previously admitted Mexican cartels maintain control of the region. According to Chavez, the McAllen Police Department helped Read More …

UK: Two men jailed for possessing a homemade ‘Warrington Grenade’

Two men will now serve time behind bars for placing an explosive device on a doorstep in Bury. Shaun Offlands, (29), of Esmond Street, Liverpool was sentenced to 5 years for possessing an explosive device and Lee O’Shea, (31) of Read More …

Swedish cities hit by four residential explosions in an hour

Bomb squad experts have been called in after Swedish cities were rocked by four explosions in an hour, police have said, with the country struggling to rein in a rise of gang-related violence. Just after 1am local time (midnight BST), Read More …

Ecuadorian police arrest six after car bombs explode in Quito

Police in Ecuador have arrested six suspects after a car bombing in a commercial area of the capital, Quito, as the South American nation grapples with a surge in violence that authorities say is linked to drug trafficking. The explosion Read More …

Cyprus: SBA police arrest 6 in Trachoni after uncovering explosives, drugs

The Sovereign Base Areas Police on Thursday carried out searches on a number of neighbouring properties in Trachoni and discovered a significant amount of drugs, believed to be cannabis. Six Greek Cypriots have been arrested, five men and one woman, a Read More …

Arkansas man pleads guilty to firebombing police cars during George Floyd protests

An Arkansas community activist accused in the firebombings of police cars after the 2020 murder of George Floyd pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court. Mujera Benjamin Lung’aho, 33, of North Little Rock, pleaded to one count of malicious destruction of Read More …