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A package bomb that killed a restaurateur and his manager underscores the escalating use of explosives – and the terror that they generate – by criminal groups in Mexico’s most violent state. The bombing occurred on September 19 during a Read More …
A dispute between two groups over extortion of money led to the hurling of a bomb in a crowded market in the Barkat Khan Ka Akhara locality in Patna, Bihar. At least four people have been injured, and two more, Read More …
A South Fork man was arrested Friday after police said he detonated two explosive devices in South Fork Borough on Thursday, and explosive materials were later found in his home. Mark Stephen Yatsky, 57, was charged with felony unlawful possession Read More …
Kalamazoo officers found an improvised explosive device during a drug investigation at a home Monday evening. The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety executed a search warrant at the home on Ada Street, near the intersection of Westnedge Avenue, about 5:30 Read More …
Bank robbers strapped hostages to the top of their getaway vehicles after a raid in the southern Brazilian city of Araçatuba. Police said that at least three people were killed, among them one suspect. Officials said more than 20 people Read More …
A man from Washington has been sentenced to 8 years in prison on Tuesday, Aug. 10, for drug trafficking and assault after attempting to intimidate a witness with an improvised explosive device. David Nathaniel Hoffman, a 38-year-old man from Olympia, Read More …
A group of around a dozen teenagers were arrested for possession of knives and explosives. The Mathayam level, or high school, students were approached by police as they were allegedly waiting to confront students from another school. The students, ages Read More …
Armed assailants bombed a G4S cash vehicle after shooting and injuring the driver on the road between KaNyamazane and KaBokweni this afternoon. The Mpumalanga Hawks’ spokesperson, Capt Dineo Lucy Sekgotodi, said three armed men forced the G4S vehicle to a Read More …
CLINTON, Miss. – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced a new pilot program today called “Operation Flashpoint” to build awareness in communities across Read More …
California sheriff’s deputies discovered multiple “booby trap-type explosive devices” and “various weapons” in a home where they had served a restraining and move-out order to one of its occupants. The incident happened in the 2100 block of Stewart St in Read More …
At about 1:00am on Sunday, a gang of heavily armed men invaded and razed down the Ashaka Police Station alongside several vehicles parked in the station premises. The unidentified attackers were said to have come with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), Read More …
A bank robber who blew up homemade bombs at two Edmonton branches three years ago, injuring four armed guards, could face up to life in prison. Last Tuesday in Edmonton Court of Queen’s Bench, 40-year-old Justin Byron pleaded guilty to Read More …
A student who sent packages with improvised explosive devices through the post as part of a plot to get fraudulent refunds has been jailed. Ovidijus Margelis, from Cambridge, sent the packages to depots around the UK, causing evacuations, road closures Read More …
Gardaí investigating feuding gangs in Drogheda have uncovered a makeshift bomb-making factory in a house in the town. Two pipe bombs, gun powder and a large quantity of firearms ammunition were seized in a house in the Rosevale Estate late Read More …
A Berlin-born man who threatened to blow up an NHS hospital unless he was paid £10m in cryptocurrency has been convicted of extortion by a German court. Emil A, an Italian national, sent the first threatening email to the NHS Read More …
Two men suspected of supplying the bomb that killed Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia faced formal charges in a late-night court appearance under heavy security by armed police. Shortly before they appeared in court, the commissioner of police said Read More …
Police said they found a handgun and homemade explosive device in a car that was being driven by a felon. Officers spotted the stolen car in the 7000 block of Marginal Way South in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood around 7 p.m. Read More …
A Vernal man who police say had bomb-making materials in his house and a bullet-proof vest from a sheriff’s office in a hidden space was arrested in Uintah County. On Tuesday, Uintah County sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of Read More …
A 23-year-old woman is facing numerous charges in connection with an incident involving explosives near the Liberty Village area earlier this week. Toronto police responded to an apartment building near Wellington Street West and Strachan Avenue just after 11:30 a.m. Read More …
On 30 January, armed robbers in Cape Town hijacked two members of a maintenance team loading automated teller machines (ATMs). They strapped a makeshift explosive device to one of the victims and forced him to open various ATMs in order Read More …