British Columbia: Police destroy improvised explosive in Duncan

An RCMP explosive disposal team was called to Duncan last week after a suspected bomb was discovered during a traffic stop. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP say that the explosive device was found on Friday night after Uniform Gang Enforcement Team officers Read More …

Mexican Drug Cartel Carries Out ‘Drone Strikes’ In Gang War

Mexican drug cartels are using weaponized consumer drones in their latest gang war, according to reports in El Universal and other local news media. A citizens’ militia group in Tepalcatepec, Michoacán, formed to protect farmers from the cartel, found two Read More …

Nine arrested over ‘mistaken identity’ IED explosion in Sydney’s inner west

A group’s attempt at revenge for stolen drugs has left an innocent 55-year-old woman “traumatised” and six men facing up to 25 years in prison after an improvised explosive device was detonated on the balcony of a Canterbury home in Read More …

New Zealand: Customer used bomb-laden ATM after failed robbery in Hamilton

An unsuspecting customer used an ATM that had unexploded pipebombs nearby after a failed attempt by thieves to blast it open. Police found seven pipe bombs at the scene of an attempted heist on a Hamilton mall ATM. Hamilton City Read More …

FBI Portland Statement on Portland Violence

“The FBI’s role is to investigate violent crime and hold those accountable who are engaging in violent acts or significant destruction of property. Our investigations involve specific violations of federal law, including arson, the use of improvised explosive devices, and Read More …

UK: One year after an attempted murder in Bolton police investigating want to speak to this man

Greater Manchester Police have released an e-fit one year after an attempted murder in Bolton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Clitherow, of GMP’s Major Incident Team, said: “It has been one year since the Bolton area saw two shocking incidents which Read More …

Ukraine: Ukrposhta’s cash-in-transit van robbery: Court rules to arrest three suspects

Poltava’s Zhovtnevy district court has ruled to arrest three suspects in a bomb attack on an Ukrposhta cash-in-transit van in Poltava region. As UNIAN reported earlier, unidentified persons blew up a cash-in-transit van near the village of Tyshky in Poltava Read More …

Washington: Detectives find improvised explosive device while investigating East Central shooting, no suspects identified

No suspect has been identified after a shooting in East Central Spokane after detectives also discovered an improvised explosive device. Detectives are still investigating after a shooting in East Spokane. One man has been taken to the hospital with a Read More …

Punjab: 3 held for Moga blast, made bomb watching YouTube tutorial to settle score with former employer

Moga Police has arrested three men for their involvement in the June 30 blast case outside a food stall. The explosive device, that went off in Moga on Tuesday, was made and planted by three people, including two brothers, to Read More …

Chicago Police, Feds Seek Help to Identify Persons of Interest in 53 Arson Investigations

A man wearing a dark shirt and a hat sprays a liquid over the counter of a looted Ulta Beauty store in Brighton Park and ignites the fluid with a match. A group of men start a fire inside the Read More …

Lithuania: Explosion in Vilnius was planned during daytime with people around

The bomb placed at the building housing international company in Vilnius last October did not go off but it could have caused major damage to the building and injured many people, Rolandas Kiskis, chief of Lithuania’s criminal police, says. The Read More …

Ireland: Nine people arrested in garda operation targeting criminal gangs

Nine people have been arrested by gardai targeting organised criminality in Limerick. More than 170 gardai were involved in carrying out over 60 searches of properties on Wednesday across counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary. As part of Operation Coronation, gardai Read More …

Indiana: Deputy shoots suspect tossing explosives during car chase

A wanted man tossing explosive devices from a car during a police chase led to an officer-involved shooting in Indiana, police say. A 911 caller told police a suspicious man was “knocking vigorously” on the door of a home early Wednesday Read More …

Suspect in Minneapolis police station burning arrested in Breckenridge

The Breckenridge Police Department assisted federal agencies in arresting a suspected arsonist out of Minneapolis last weekend. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 22, of Brainerd, Minnesota, is one of at least two suspects wanted for allegedly setting fire to a Minneapolis police Read More …

UK: Couple who found Second World War mustard gas canisters to be jailed for possessing a chemical weapon

A married couple who dumped Mustard Gas canisters from the Second World War in a lake have been sentenced for possessing a chemical weapon in what is thought to be the first such prosecution in the UK. Military enthusiast Martyn Read More …

Estonia: Tallinn resident sentenced to 7 years for collecting explosives at home

Harju County Court on Friday sentenced a resident of Tallinn’s Õismäe District to seven years and six months in prison for collecting a large amount of explosives at his apartment. The court is settling the criminal case under compromise procedure, Read More …

Thief robs Pennsylvania gun shop, leaves behind homemade bomb

A thief fled a Pennsylvania gun shop after stealing firearms and leaving a homemade bomb. It happened Wednesday at the Pickerel Inn near Dingmans Ferry. Six guns were stolen in the robbery, Pennsylvania State Police said, according to WNEP-TV. The thief was wearing a black Read More …