Northern Ireland: Controlled explosion carried out on ‘non-viable’ device in Co Antrim

Police were called to a report that a suspicious device had been left on the front windowsill of a house in the Greystone Crescent area just before 5pm on Friday. Inspector Hamilton said: “Attending officers noted that this was a Read More …

Pakistan: Safety net foils drone attack on Hassankhel police station

An anti-drone net saved Hassankhel police station after a quadcopter dropped an improvised explosive device (IED) on the building. The bomb, however, did not reach the roof due to the anti-drone net installed over the facility’s rooftop. “It was a Read More …

Northern Ireland: ‘Reckless attack’ condemned after viable device delivered to hotel in Derry

Police have condemned as ‘reckless’ an attack in which a viable device was delivered to a hotel off Derry’s Ebrington Square on the same week tens of thousands are visiting the city for Europe’s largest Halloween festival. The security operation Read More …

Colombia: Six injured in explosion in Cúcuta

At least six people have been injured this Monday in a bombing in the Colombian city of Cúcuta, near the border with Venezuela, among them four police officers. The incident has been recorded in the El Escobal neighborhood, in the Read More …

Netherlands: Witnesses sought after explosion at business premises in Noordwijk

An explosion occurred at a business premises on De Scheysloot on Sunday evening, October 25. The investigation into the cause is in full swing, and the police are calling on witnesses to come forward. The explosion was reported to the Read More …

India: IED disguised as torch behind blast that injured two in Bengaluru

Preliminary investigations into a blast that occurred on October 20 at an under-construction building in east Bengaluru, in which two workers from UP and Assam were injured, have revealed that an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) disguised as a torch caused Read More …

Greece: Explosion injures four people in Athens

Two police officers and two ​members of the public were injured ‌in an explosion at a building in central Athens, Greek police said on Wednesday. A police official who ⁠declined to be named said the ​explosion occurred when officers reached Read More …

Israel: An explosive device, dozens of remote triggering systems seized by police alongside weapons and drugs in the Galilee

A major cache of weapons, explosive devices, and narcotics was uncovered over the weekend in an open area near the village of Rama in the Galilee. According to police suspicions, the stockpile was used by the Abu Latif crime organization, Read More …

Colorado: 5 firearms, improvised explosive device found in suspect’s vehicle

A suspect who was taken into custody Monday after police issued a shelter-in-place in Lakewood had a handful of firearms and an improvised explosive device in his vehicle, police said in a news release Tuesday. The suspect, 35-year-old Hawk Douglas, Read More …

Bangladesh: Police identify ‘time bomb’ at Lalon Shah shrine in Kushtia

Police have identified the device recovered near the entrance to Lalon Shah’s shrine in Kushtia as a time bomb, using technology similar to one found under a Dhaka metro rail station in July.  They recovered two small bottles filled with Read More …

Ireland: Viable pipe bomb and two loaded guns seized by gardaí in Drogheda

Gardaí seized a viable pipe bomb and two loaded firearms in Drogheda, Co Louth, today as they continue to investigate organised crime in the area. The seizure was made after a search of land at Rathmullen Park in the town. Read More …

Pakistan: 11 kg bomb defused in Peshawar’s Yakatoot area

The police’s Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) defused an 11-kilogramme explosive device here on Friday, police said. The police called the BDS personnel following information about a bomb lying in the densely populated Yakatoot area, according to a statement issued by Read More …

Michigan: Bomb found at Chelsea gas station

A bomb squad was called to a Chelsea gas station early Friday after an employee found a pipe bomb. Police responded around 7:30 a.m. Oct. 9 to the Speedway gas station, 930 S. Main St., for a possible pipe bomb Read More …

Pakistan: Two children killed in Panjgur blast

Two children were killed and three others injured on Saturday in Panjgur district when an explosive device detonated while they were playing, police said. According to police, the incident occurred in Fateh Ali Bazar, located in Gwar Go tehsil, where Read More …

Massachusetts: Explosive device worn by man detonates during Charlestown encounter with police

A man in apparent emotional distress detonated an explosive device he was wearing during a confrontation with Boston police in Charlestown early Monday morning, leaving him seriously injured, according to a police report. The man was taken into custody and Read More …

Ireland: Bomb squad carried out controlled explosion in Finglas park

Homes around the North Way Estate Park in Finglas were evacuated on Saturday evening due to the discovery of a viable suspicious device. The Irish Defense Forces and Gardaí attended the scene, with the Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit undertaking a Read More …

Ukraine: Blast near recruitment center in Lviv region injures military service member

An explosion occurred near the building of a district Territorial Recruitment Center (TRC) in Mykolaiv, Lviv region, injuring a TRC service member. “Today, at around 16:30, an explosion involving an unidentified device occurred near the entrance to the building of Read More …

Greece: Two arrested over ATM explosion

Police on Wednesday announced arrests in a case involving a criminal gang accused of stealing vehicles and blowing up an ATM in the town of Martino, south-central Fthiotida prefecture, as authorities investigate a series such robberies across Greece. Two local Read More …

Germany finds more explosives planted along power lines

German police have discovered a total of 12 explosive devices along power lines in the eastern state of Saxony following a series of attacks on the country’s power grid this week, press reports said. “These were intended to cause damage Read More …

Northern Ireland: Teenager arrested after suspicious devices found in Omagh

A teenage boy has been arrested in connection with a security alert in Omagh. Residents were forced to evacuate their homes after a suspicious device was found at a property in the town yesterday morning. Police searched the home in Read More …