India: One arrested in Valpoi for storing crude bombs

Valpoi police have booked one person on charges of storing crude bombs meant to be used for hunting wild animals. According to Bicholim SDPO Jivba Dalvi, police received information that one person had stored explosive material for the purpose of Read More …

India: ‘We thought it was a ball’ – the bombs killing and maiming children

Over the last three decades, at least 565 children in the Indian state of West Bengal have been injured or killed by home-made bombs, a BBC Eye investigation has found. So what are these deadly devices and how are they Read More …

India: Three killed in Murshidabad crude bomb explosion

At least three were killed and several others sustained injuries in an explosion whilst allegedly producing illegal crude bombs in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, according to police reports on Monday. The incident occurred late Sunday night in Khoyertala village within Read More …

India: Loud explosion, similar to Prashant Vihar CRPF school blast occurs in Delhi

A loud blast was reported in Prashant Vihar in Delhi on Thursday morning. Fire engines were rushed to the spot and police, bomb disposal squad are conducting a probe at the site. According to reports, the blast was reported near Read More …

India: Suspected Crude Bomb Explodes Outside School in West Bengal

A massive explosion near the India-Bangladesh border, suspected to be a crude bomb, occurred outside a school in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday. According to the police, the two students of class 5 were playing outside their Read More …

Bangladesh: 123 crude bomb-like objects found in 10 bags

A total of 123 crude bomb-like objects in 10 bags were found in roadside bushes in Damudya upazila of Shariatpur yesterday morning. Hafizur Rahman Milon, officer-in-charge of Damudya Police Station, said locals first noticed the bags in the bushes in 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 …

India: ‘Foul smell, crude bomb material’, what investigators found at Delhi CRPF School blast site

The Delhi police said on Sunday that they found a foul smell at the blast site outside CRPF School in the national capital. The blast destroyed the school’s wall and shattered window panes on its premises. The Delhi police said Read More …

Florida: Tampa Seminole Hard Rock Casino partially evacuated after 2 “crude” explosive devices found

Two explosive devices were discovered hidden at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday and Monday, prompting partial evacuations, the police said Monday. The devices were deactivated and removed from the premises, the Seminole Police Department said Read More …

India: Bengal Congress leader killed in bomb attack in Malda

The deceased was identified as Sheikh Saifuddin, an influential Congress of the Gopalpur area in Manikchak. His family alleged that goons backed by the TMC killed him, a charge dismissed by the state’s ruling party. The incident happened at the Read More …